Freckles come to mutate in skin cancer

• April 26, 2024

People with freckles they have 2.5 times more susceptibility to Burns and little response to tanning, these lesions are indicative of intermittent sun exposure.

Specialists of the Mexican Foundation for Dermatology (FMD) recommend that people with freckles take greater precautions in the care of the skin, by using daily sunscreen.

Freckles are spots of different shades of coffee, irregular shapes that become hereditary. They are associated with white skin color, with blond hair and blue eyes. Its color is accentuated with solar exposure:

They appear in the first 3 years of life and tend to diminish their appearance or disappear with the absence of sun exposure. Its maximum frequency is early adolescence.

They occur due to hypermelanosis, that is, the pigmentation of the skin is accentuated, but there is no increase in melanocytes (epidermal cells that are responsible for producing melamine, a pigment in the skin, eyes and hair, whose main function is to block ultraviolet rays), compared with the skin next to it.

If you have freckles, do not trust yourself and go to an assessment with your dermatologist. Watch your health!