20 Eye-Opening Medical Facts That You Should Keep In Your Mind

8. Sunburn doesn’t cause damage to your skin cells – it actually damages the DNA of your skin cells.

The UV radiation in sunlight can mess up your DNA by modifying its structure. The cells, however, are quite capable of repairing the damage and restoring normality. Some skin cells that cannot repair themselves, die. That is what happens when your skin peels off after a sunburn. It is the dead skin cells. When the damage is too extensive, and the skin cells can neither repair themselves nor die, it becomes the cancer we know as Melanoma.