• Question: So, if Albino people are born with no colour pigments... Does that mean that when they become older they don't look old?

    Asked by Poppy to Richard on 16 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Richard Unwin

      Richard Unwin answered on 16 Nov 2015:

      Hi Poppy,

      Not really – their skin lacks pigments, but as they get older the skin will still wrinkle (indeed they may look older quicker, as the melanin protects the skin from damage by UV radiation from the sun) so in that respect they will still age. having said that, people with albinism lead relatively normal, unaffected lives.

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