MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Your skin gets its color from a pigment called melanin. Special cells in the skin make melanin. When these cells become damaged or unhealthy, it affects melanin production. Some pigmentation disorders affect just patches of skin.

Detailed explanation-2: -Melanin is a substance in your body that produces hair, eye and skin pigmentation. The more melanin you produce, the darker your eyes, hair and skin will be. The amount of melanin in your body depends on a few different factors, including genetics and how much sun exposure your ancestral population had.

Detailed explanation-3: -Melanin (/ˈmɛlənɪn/ ( listen); from Ancient Greek (mélas) ‘black, dark’) is a broad term for a group of natural pigments found in most organisms. The melanin pigments are produced in a specialized group of cells known as melanocytes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Melanin is a natural pigment that gives your skin its color. It’s produced in cells called melanocytes.