Why are sunburns red?!


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The body's repair system floods the area with fresh oxygenated blood so that the skin cells can be repaired or regrown. If you press down on a sunburn and release, it turns white as the blood is squished out and then runs back in.

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the skin is suffering edema from the suns heat the white blood cells are attacking and the area turns red

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