Dark skin gives seven to eightfold protection against DNA damage, but even the darkest skin colour cannot protect against all damage to DNA. Dark skin offers great protection against UVR because of its eumelanin content, the UVR-absorbing capabilities of large melanosomes, and because eumelanin can be mobilized faster and brought to the surface of the skin from the depths of the epidermis. For the same body region, light- and dark-skinned individuals have similar numbers of melanocytes (there is considerable variation between different body regions), but pigment-containing organelles, called melanosomes, are larger and more numerous in dark-skinned individuals. Keratocytes from dark skin cocultured
Skin to Skin bed. Comparisons between the "Skin to Skin" film clip, to "Kylie Minogue's" "What Do I Have To Do" are numerous. This clip also saw Melissa backed by dancers, clad head to toe in black and white lycra. Skin to Skin Skin To Skin is a pop song recorded by Australian recording artist "Melissa Tkautz". The song was recorded in "1992", and was the first release by Melissa after leaving the Australian soap opera, "E Street". The song was written by R. Nicholson, T. King, and L. Berger. The B-side, "Take It From Me", was written by L. Berger, D. McDonald