Stay Young With Freckles Advantages and Disadvantages of Spotted Skin

Having freckles, moles, and lentigines is good and bad.

Freckles, lentigines, and moles appear on all types and colors of skin as: fair, tanned, brown, or black skin.

A freckle is a flat, darker, circular spot. Some of them are ephelides; they appear in summer and disappear in winter. Freckles do have increased amount of black pigments named melanin and don’t have any increased number of melanocytes (melanin producing cells).

Dark brown spots with increased numbers of one-layered melanocytes are named lentigines.

Moles are brown or black growths on the skin. When multi-layered melanocytes, grow in small clusters instead of being spread all over the skin, they are building moles.

Freckles can be developed throughout our lives - both under the influence of UV radiation and as well as the use of cosmetics that contain heavy metals such as lead, chromium, or mercury.

Most people have 30-40 moles or freckles on their body; there are also those who are blessed with several hundred, mostly unwanted, dark spots.

Many of us don’t see any advantages or benefits of having small brownish patches on our skin. With help of aesthetic medicine and surgery, we prefer to remove them permanently. Out of sight. We want a spotless skin.

Having a large number of freckles makes us younger. The skin stays longer young, does have fewer wrinkles, and is more resistant to any imperfections. Those of us with more than 100 marks overall our body can also enjoy, in addition to slower aging skin, an experience of improved bone density. We have less than half of the risk to get the osteoporosis than those who don’t exceed the amount of 25 moles on their skin. There are also other benefits like: a lower probability of dying from cardiovascular disease; firmer muscles, and healthier eyes.

The secret lies in the chromosomes. Many people with lots of brown spots have slightly different structured chromosomes, molecules that contain DNA. They have special protectors named telomeres. Telomeres of freckled people are unusual long. The length of telomeres is linked to aging. British studies in King’s College in London have shown that those people who have more birthmarks have longer telomeres and they stay young longer.

Telomerase is an enzyme, which does have the ability to lengthen the telomeres. Being physically active (yoga, walking, jogging, aerobics) allows your body to produce more telomerase, this elongates the telomeres and all of this makes you younger! For me this is the discovery of the day (12-12-2010)! Now, we can UNDERSTAND better why fitness makes us younger.

According to British researchers, the cells of people with many moles are able to renew and recover faster. This makes their skin younger. The price we pay for it is a greater risk of cancer. It is not only the skin; also, other organs can develop this disease. Improved cell renewal means more processes that may fail. This fact might possibly lead the body to build pathological structures more easily.

People who have more than 100 brown spots on their entire body, age slower, but they should always keep an eye on their health. Depending on their family history according to cancer diseases, in addition to regular checking of the skin, especially after the summer; they should also pay attention to all possible preventive tests (for example colonoscopy, mammography) and watch their body carefully.

Generally, freckles, moles, and lentigines are quite harmless and benign. They rarely develop into skin cancer. However having hundreds of them, means you should pay attention to every uncertain pigmented spot. Let them check by your physician. A full-body skin examination should be part of your routine annual health exam.

Signs for possibly cancerous moles are put into a well-known formula: ABCDE:

• Asymmetry – both halves of the mole aren’t matched together
• Border – the edges of the mole are irregular, or there is a poorly defined border
• Color – the mole has shades of different colors like brown, black, white, blue, or red
• Diameter – the diameter of the mole is greater than the size of a pencil eraser
• Evolution - the mole is changing in size shape and color

The nodular melanoma does have its own, additional, symptoms:

• Elevated – the mole’s surface is higher than the surrounding skin
• Firm – the mole is firm to the touch
• Growing

Skin cancer (melanoma) is rare with very dark or black skinned people. They should check their palms, soles, fingernails, and toenails.

Summarizing, the advantages of spotted skin are greater than the possibility of disadvantages.

Stay healthy and in good spirits! I wish you longevity, fitness, and overall good condition.

This article isn’t intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

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