Why does excessive UV exposure overwhelm the skin's protective mechanisms, leading to inflammation and cellular damage rather than adaptive tanning?

💡 Explanation

The skin fails to adapt protectively because melanin synthesis has a maximum rate due to tyrosinase enzyme limitations; therefore, excess UV radiation overwhelms this limited capacity, leading to damage rather than sufficient melanogenesis, because the system hits a physiological limit.

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