Visible Light Induces Melanogenesis in Human Skin through a Photoadaptive Response.

Visible light (400-700 nm) lies outside of the spectral range of what photobiologists define as deleterious radiation and as a result few studies have studied the effects of visible light range of wavelengths on skin. This oversight is important considering that during outdoors activities skin is ex...

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Main Authors: Manpreet Randhawa, InSeok Seo, Frank Liebel, Michael D Southall, Nikiforos Kollias, Eduardo Ruvolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4488093?pdf=render