RT Book, Section A1 Huggins, Richard H. A1 Wright, Dakara Rucker A1 Khoo, Lawrence S.W. A1 Lim, Henry W. A2 Kelly, A. Paul A2 Taylor, Susan C. A2 Lim, Henry W. A2 Serrano, Ana Maria Anido SR Print(0) ID 1161545023 T1 Chronic Effects of Light on Skin T2 Taylor and Kelly's Dermatology for Skin of Color, 2e YR 2016 FD 2016 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071805520 LK dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161545023 RD 2024/03/29 AB KEY POINTSThe chronic effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation are photoaging and photocarcinogenesis.Photoaging is greatly influenced by the amount of melanin, its composition, and its distribution.In darker skin of color, photoaging is typically not evident until the fifth or sixth decade.Photoaging in Asians presents more often as pigmentary changes and less often as wrinkling.Hispanics are an extremely heterogeneous group with widely varied photoaging phenotypes.Because of the protective effects of melanin, individuals with skin of color are less prone to develop UV-associated skin cancers compared with fair-skinned individuals.