Yes, you can eat it. Or if you prefer, you can peel the skin off with a paring knife first. There are a lot of vitamins in the skin that are not as abundant in the flesh of the fruit. Source(s): I grew up eating peaches with their skins on.
Between 40 and 50 percent of Americans who live to age 65 will have either basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma at least once.5. Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common form of skin cancer.6 More than 4 million cases are diagnosed in the U.S. each year.1,13. Squamous cell carcinoma is the second most common form of skin cancer.7 More than 1 million cases are diagnosed in the U.S. each year.1,13. Organ transplant patients are approximately 100 times more likely than the general public to develop squamous cell carcinoma.8.
There are three major types of skin cancer: (1) basal cell carcinoma (the most common) and (2) squamous cell carcinoma (the second most common), which originate from skin cells, and (3) melanoma, which originates from the pigment-producing skin cells (melanocytes) but is less common, though more dangerous, than the first two varieties.