Melanin acts like a barrier for your skin by making it appear darker. They are bundled up together on different parts of the skin, resulting in the appearance of freckles. If your melanocytes are spread evenly on your skin and you spend some time outdoors without any sunscreen, you will most likely end up with a nice tan because your melanocytes produce a pigment to protect your skin. But if your melanocytes are bundled up together and you get exposed to the sun, your skin will end up with dark, scattered spots on your skin- which are basically freckles.
While anyone can develop freckles, they are predominantly genetic. The hands and face are common culprits of freckles — because they tend to get the most sun. People with lighter complexions fair skin and light eyes tend to get more freckles than those with darker complexions.
This is because they have less melanin on their skin. When exposed to the sun, they often develop freckles instead of getting a tan like darker people. Some people develop freckles that fade away during winter seasons and return during summer. Others have freckles that last all year round. Freckles often fade as people grow older. You can even buy creams to partly remove freckles or made them less visible, but you have to live with them.
If you want to prevent freckles from forming when you go out in the sun, you should wear some good sunscreen and limit your time in the sun or any other source of UV rays, like tanning beds. Some people also prefer to minimize their freckles for aesthetic reasons. At Lasercare Skin Clinic of Little Rock, Arkansas, we offer a full range of skin care services, including cosmetic procedures that can reduce the appearance of your freckles throughout the spring and summer, as well as check-ups for more serious health and wellness concerns.
Bruce Sanderson, MD has the expertise and sensitivity you can trust to help you put your best face forward this season. When a freckle shows up, it's a sign that your skin has been triggered to produce melanin. Melanin is the pigment that gives your skin color.
If melanin builds up in a specific location under your skin, a brown, tan, or red freckle can appear. Going out in the sun makes your skin cells start producing extra melanin intended to shield your skin from sun damage.
Increased melanin is also behind your sun tan — as well as your sunburn. If you have the necessary genetic predisposition, exposure to the sun will bring freckles out on your skin. Freckles are most likely to appear on areas of your body that get the most sun exposure, like your face, arms, neck, back, and upper chest. Not everyone gets freckles, or has the same number or pattern when freckles appear. For some people, freckles are common in childhood, and then fade later in adult life.
If you have light-colored hair and skin, you're more likely to get freckles, at least during the sunnier seasons of the year. Moles are also usually darker than freckles and can also feel wrinkled. Some even have hair growing inside them! The main reason we have freckles is because of our exposure to the sun.
You might find a new freckle or two popping up on your nose or arms after your summer vacation has ended. This is more common in people with a lighter skin tone. This is because there is less melanin in the skin.
So instead of getting a nice tan, they get new freckles! Photo via Pixabay. Some people have freckles that fade away in the winter. They come back in the summer when their skin sees a little more sunshine. They are fabulous, unique and wonderful.
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