How to Use melanin in a Sentence

melanin

noun

• There are a few things to know about eczema in melanin-rich skin.
  — Beth Krietsch, SELF, 17 Aug. 2022
• Our melanin glows in the sunshine and our curves are too hot to hold.
  — Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 13 Sep. 2019
• No one's melanin is enough to protect them from the sun's rays.
  — Jennet Jusu, Allure, 2 Mar. 2022
• And so folks with more melanin have sort of skewed results.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2023
• The light is absorbed by the pigment, or melanin, in the hair itself.
  — Lisa Mulcahy, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2023
• The lack of melanin causes your hair to lose its color.
  — Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 27 July 2023
• Hot pinks, fiery corals, berry, and wine-toned blushes work best for the melanin-rich.
  — Nykia Spradley, Allure, 21 Dec. 2020
• Ahmaud had a broad nose, and the color of his eyes was filled with melanin.
  — New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022
• Melanoma arises in the melanocytes, cells that produce melanin and give the skin color.
  — Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 1 June 2017
• Once the melanin in hair is targeted, the laser burns all the way down the hair follicle and root.
  — Jessica Cruel, SELF, 1 June 2017
• So what a tan is – is your body produces melanin and melanin is a pigment.
  — Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
• Hair removal lasers target the pigment in the hair (melanin).
  — Heather L. Brannon, Md, Verywell Health, 22 Mar. 2023
• As the name suggests, it’s made with melanin-rich skin in mind, though it can be used across all skin tones.
  — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 8 Mar. 2023
• Some of them have albinism, in which the body doesn't produce a lot of melanin pigment.
  — Author: Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Alaska Dispatch News, 15 Aug. 2017
• Ahmaud had a broad nose and the color of his eyes was real, with melanin.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2022
• In addition to the amount of melanin produced, the type matters, too.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
• Traces of melanin have even been found in dinosaur fossils.
  — Dianna Mazzon, Allure, 25 Aug. 2021
• This has to do with the amounts of melanin in the outer layers of hairs on different body parts.
  — Sarah Fielding, Men's Health, 6 Dec. 2022
• Melanocytes—the cells that make the skin pigment, melanin—are thought to be inactive in a Spitz nevus.
  — Emily Brown, Mph, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
• Melanin Madness Day: March 1 This day of glory lifts up all things melanin!
  — Danielle Young, The Root, 19 June 2018
• Their skins are completely white because of a lack of melanin.
  — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2 June 2017
• The only difference between us is the melanin in our skin.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 18 May 2018
• In some people, melanin is produced evenly through the skin.
  — Lauren Valenti, Marie Claire, 31 Mar. 2017
• None of those scales indicates how much melanin a person has in their skin.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 7 Dec. 2022
• When skin is exposed to UV light, the body produces melanin, a dark pigment made by skin cells called melanocytes.
  — Claire Gillespie, Health, 28 July 2023
• That might lower levels of a hormone called melanin which, in turn, might boost the risk of breast cancer.
  — Healthday, chicagotribune.com, 21 Aug. 2017
• Melanocytes, which are skin cells that produce melanin, enlarge.
  — Melanie Rud, Health, 14 Mar. 2023
• Last, but not least, let your melanin shine through—without any white residue with Black Girl Sunscreen.
  — Noel Cody, Essence, 17 Oct. 2022
• Lasers use heat energy to target the melanin—the pigment that gives hair, skin, and eyes color—at the base of follicles.
  — Hunter Lacey, Allure, 3 July 2024
• That's because the lasers function by emitting a light that is attracted to the melanin pigment in hair and then destroys the follicle.
  — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024