Albinos the facts Please tell me

[Yisselda]

Please can anyone tell me the facts about albinos, cos im writing books and i want to get the facts right. Like can they tan, can they look into bright light, do they have dry skin. Stuff to do with living and stuff I went on the web and got genetics Boring, not good for fantasy storys.

[Alexa]

They doesn't have allways dry skin (I have kinda dry skin and I'm not an albino), they cannot tan: their skin burns and gets red, then it cures and becomes clear again (it is more painful than it looks... my skin is also delicate and: ouch!). Their eyes are more sensitive to very bright lights, just like those who have blue or green eyes. By the way, albinos' skin is not as white as Elric's; it is pale, but not that much.

[Michael Moorcock]

There's an albino website that also has some great artwork by Robert Gould. Don't have the address immediately to hand, but I think it's somewhere around here. Very useful and informative site.

[PsychicWarVeteran]

Don't know if this is the one MM is referring to, but he posted a link to this site in the "Elric and Albinism" thread:

http://www.lunaeterna.net/popcult/

[Marie-Bernadette]

Yolanda, also try the http://www.albinism.org/ site-- lots of info there.

[Michael Moorcock]

That's the site, Veteran. Thanks Marie-Bernadette, I'll check that one out.