The Best Tasting Fish In The World, Ranked 25) Rainbow Trout: This was one of the first fish I ever recall truly loving. We used to catch these in the Smokey Mountains in North Carolina when I was a kid and would cook them camping.
Both melanocyte-stimulating hormone and Î±-MSH are capable of stimulating melanin production in sun exposed areas under the action of ultraviolet light. Prolonged dosages of Î±-MSH, however, will not only increase pigmentation of the skin, but may also cause hypertrichosis (excessive hair growth) and skin atrophy.
Like all good sunshades, the umbrellas in our skin are darkly colored. The dark pigment in our skin, called melanin, is typically black or brown. This protein is produced by special cells, called melanocytes, which are located in the lowest level of our epidermis (the surface layer of our skin, Figure 1). 1  MANUFACTURING MELANIN (Figure 1): Melanin is the pigment primarily responsible for our skin color. Melanin is produced in special cells, called melanocytes, located in the lower layer of our epidermis (the surface layer of our skin). Melanocytes themselves are not the umbrellas of our skin. They merely produce the melanin for our skin, in the form of tiny granules called melanosomes.