Why does the sun lighten our hair, but darken our skin?

1	You lay out in the sun and you get tan and get darker. But your hair gets lighter? why? darken sun sunshine light hair skin asked Aug 23 '10 at 20:16 Phoenix7 2.3k●50●75●93

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3	The sun kills the pigment in the hair, bringing it closer to gray. The sun burns the skin, largely thanks to all the oils (both natural and applied). Of course the solution to both is to stay out of the sun :) answered Aug 23 '10 at 21:34 tsilb 20.4k●63●196●327

0	Because skin and hair are two completely different things they are obviously going to react differently to heat. answered Aug 23 '10 at 22:02 markd12 3.5k●86●112●150 2 obviously. that was a closed minded thing to say in many aspects.. (Aug 23 '10 at 22:03) Phoenix7

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