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Can Face Marks Be Genetic ?

For almost my entire life, I ve had these brown, freckle like marks on my face . They re mostly on the top of my cheeks and mid-nose area. One of my freckles is a very small dark brown dot on the inside but lighter on the outside (still darker than my normal skin but lighter than the dot; the difference between the dot and the lighter part is very distinguishable). Are these spots due to sun damage? Many members of my family have the same thing, so I thought maybe it is also genetic.
Sat, 31 Dec 2011
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hi
welcome to healthcaremagic forum
freckles are very common in fair skin and it has strong heredity .
it increase in sunny days
ultra violet radiation increase it
it is possible to remove by LASER
but as you have heredity there is high chance of re occur .
always use good sunscreen lotion twice a day.
i hope i answered your question .
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Can Face Marks Be Genetic ?

hi welcome to healthcaremagic forum freckles are very common in fair skin and it has strong heredity . it increase in sunny days ultra violet radiation increase it it is possible to remove by LASER but as you have heredity there is high chance of re occur . always use good sunscreen lotion twice a day. i hope i answered your question .