Many Americans (a million each year) will develop a skin cancer by age 65 Age spots "Age spots" are brown patches that appear on sunexposed parts of the body (face, hands, and forearms"Age spots are linked to both aging and sun exposure," says Dr Michael Shapiro, MD, Medical Director and Founder of Vanguard Dermatology in NYC, NY "Also known as liver spots or solar lentigines, age spots are typically oval, flat and typically black, brown or grey" Can age spots ever develop into skin cancer? According to the journal Experimental Dermatology, age spots are formed by melanin contained in the skin's cellsMelanin is the pigment that gives the skin its color Usually, excessive sun exposure over many years causes sun spots (age spots) that look like dark brown to black patches on the skin 1 Researchers from Poland also reported that other chemicals in the skin
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