April 6th is Tartan Day - Bilge

J Jawa Member Tampa, FL Joined: Mar 09, 2005 Posts: 225	J Jawa Posted posted on Fri, Apr 8, 2005 12:13 PM On 2005-04-06 18:51, DawnTiki wrote: Bohannon clan. Transparent and full of freckles! Melatonin is way overrated. Well... from what I here :( Dawn, I think you mean melanin :wink: Melatonin is the sleepy-time chemical... Since this is the bilge, I might as well spout off some info I learned during my anatomy class this semester: Freckles are actually melanin deposits from overactive melanocyte cells that are not dispersed through the epidermis by the little melanocyte "tentacles". So Dawn, you actually have plenty of melanin...it just doesn't disperse. (Today's secret word is melanocyte, and you know what to do when anyone says the secret word right? :wink:)

On 2005-04-06 18:51, DawnTiki wrote:
Bohannon clan. Transparent and full of freckles! Melatonin is way overrated.
Well... from what I here :(

Dawn, I think you mean melanin :wink: Melatonin is the sleepy-time chemical...

Since this is the bilge, I might as well spout off some info I learned during my anatomy class this semester:
Freckles are actually melanin deposits from overactive melanocyte cells that are not dispersed through the epidermis by the little melanocyte "tentacles". So Dawn, you actually have plenty of melanin...it just doesn't disperse.

(Today's secret word is melanocyte, and you know what to do when anyone says the secret word right? :wink:)

Post #151735 by Jawa on Fri, Apr 8, 2005 12:13 PM