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A Dr. Mehmet Oz, MD , Cardiology (Cardiovascular Disease), answered. Melanocytes are the cells that are responsible for producing the pigment melanin, which gives color to skin and hair. Everyone has melanocytes, but people with dark skin produce more melanin than those with lighter skin do.
Changes to cells in the skin can also cause cancer. Different types of skin cells cause different types of skin cancers. When cancer starts in melanocytes, it is called melanoma. When skin cancer starts in squamous cells or basal cells, it is called non-melanoma skin cancer. Find out more about non-melanoma skin cancer.