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Samuel Larsen Page 2

On the biology desk at Biology Insights, Samuel Larsen is a staff writer with a focus on skin biology. He worked as a laboratory technician, then reported on general health news for print outlets. Larsen studied biology in college, where he examined the cellular mechanics behind tissue repair.

Why Does Older People’s Skin Tear So Easily?Skin & Hair
When Do Women Start Greying and Why?Skin & Hair
Why Do Birthmarks Grow Hair? The Science Explained Skin & Hair
How Does a Tan Go Away? The Science of Fading Skin & Hair
Why Did My Hair Become Curly? The Science Explained Skin & Hair
What Happens If You Eat Your Skin?Skin & Hair
Why Do Girls Have Mustaches? The Science Explained Skin & Hair
Is an Hour in the Sun Enough to Tan? It Depends Skin & Hair
What Is Melanin in Hair? Types, Color, and Graying Skin & Hair
What Are Blisters Filled With? Fluid, Blood, and Pus Skin & Hair
Why Do I Get Freckles in the Sun and Not a Tan?Skin & Hair
What Causes Hair to Grow and What Can Slow It Down?Skin & Hair
Why Are Bald Heads Shiny: Sebum, Sweat, and Skin Skin & Hair
What Are Ephelides? The Science Behind Freckles Skin & Hair
Do Tanning Beds Age Your Skin Faster Than the Sun?Skin & Hair
Does UVB Tan You? Tanning, Sunburn, and DNA Damage Skin & Hair
Why Is Stubble So Itchy? The Science Behind the Itch Skin & Hair
Why Do People’s Faces Get Red?Skin & Hair
Are High-Pressure Tanning Beds Safer?Skin & Hair
What Is a Strand of Hair Made Of?Skin & Hair
Do Your Eyelashes Grow Back? The Science Explained Skin & Hair
Does Picking Scabs Make It Heal Faster?Skin & Hair
Do Your Skin Cells Kill Themselves When Sunburnt?Skin & Hair
Are All Hairs the Same? The Science of Hair Differences Skin & Hair
Do You Need to Wear Sunscreen in the Winter?Skin & Hair
Why Is a Scab Itchy? The Science Behind the Sensation Skin & Hair
At What UV Index Do You Need Sunscreen?Skin & Hair
Why Do Scratches Itch? The Science of Healing Skin & Hair
How Often Should You Reapply Sunscreen?Skin & Hair
What Makes Hair Stand on End? The Science of Goosebumps Skin & Hair