Understanding Albinism

Understanding Albinism People with Albinism are born with little or no pigment in their skin. eyes, and hair, but in some cases the reduced pigmentation only affects the eyes. Albinism occurs because people have inherited genes that do not produce the normal amounts of a pigment, called Melanin. Albinism occurs in all races and most children with Albinism are born to parents who have normal hair and eye color that would be for their ethnic …

…to really take care of their skin. They should avoid the risk of burning in any weather conditions. Due to a lack of pigment, their skin burns easily and it is recommended that a high factor UV block sunscreen be worn on all exposed areas of skin. They are at an increased level of risk of developing skin cancer so it is important that a good skin care habit is maintained from an early age.