Where a person has freckles?

Freckles - a small yellow spots on the skin that appear mostly on the face, hands, but sometimes on the trunk. The cause of freckles is the presence of a dye called melanin in the skin cheloveka.

They occur mainly in the red-haired and fair-haired and much less common in brunettes. Freckles color (the color of melanin therein) may vary from light tan to dark brown depending on the heat and sun exposure. Besides the sun's rays can trigger the emergence of new konopushek. Freckles are often hereditary phenomenon, but the genes responsible for the development of freckles, not identifitsirovany.

They usually appear in children 5-6 years of age and 30 years after their number reduced; winter pale, with the onset of summer darken. If a baby with a congenital increased sensitivity to ultraviolet rays, already in the first years of life under the influence of sunlight on his skin there is an inflammatory redness, turning into psevdovesnushki that require special treatment from the doctor-dermatologa.

Freckles are centers of concentrated tanning or a kind of protection, which protects the most important parts of the body from excessive light stimuli. They appear in pregnant women in certain places: on the face, breasts and in the midline of the abdomen, protecting the future mother of exposure.

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