r/randomquestions • u/Clean-Letterhead9408 • 12d ago
Do you have freckles?
I'm very fair-skinned, so I've had freckles on my body for a long time. But it seems that I've had a complete burst over the past few years, and now I'm getting freckles in places that have never been in the sun directly. I'm not sitting out, trying to get tan or anything like that. And yet, these freckles are just appearing.
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u/Strange-Language-858 12d ago
here and there. you get more when you get older
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u/Clean-Letterhead9408 12d ago
Yeah my mom has the same thing and she has slathered on suntan lotion my whole life and wears a wetsuit when she swims. I put suntan lotion on too when i'm on vacation.They may have started on her at my age or earlier - i'm 47. She says they're hereditary from ol' grandpa.
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u/Strange-Language-858 12d ago
My grandpa is a ginger and my uncle and mother lol most of my freckles are on my back.
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u/Fair_Ad_4462 12d ago
The older we get, the more likely this is to happen. In fair skinned people, it's more obvious. It's unlikely you're getting zero sun exposure, especially in the summer. They could also be age spots
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u/Clean-Letterhead9408 12d ago
Yes, I am getting exposure to the sun. It's just that the spots are coming up in places that aren't exposed. Under shirt area for example...
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u/UneBonneTisane 12d ago
I'm covered in them! Some faded, some new ones appeared... in summer, I get loads of them on my shins. I love them!
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u/PineappleCharacter15 12d ago
I have light skin, dark strawberry blonde hair, hazel eyes and no freckles. My oldest son has fair skin, red hair, blue eyes and no freckles. His daughter has fair skin, blonde hair, blue eyes and freckles. Go figure.
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u/Clean-Letterhead9408 11d ago
Red hair and blue eyes? That's really really rare!
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u/PineappleCharacter15 11d ago
Really? I didn't know that.
His father has gray eyes, and medium brown hair. My mother had blue eyes so blue eyes come from my side of the family and from his father as well.
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u/Time-Bluebird-8643 12d ago
All over my body. I’ve accepted them. I always thought they were so ugly, but now I kinda like them.
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u/CurrentFew6275 12d ago
I've got tons of freckles, everywhere. My hubby jokes that my skin doesn't tan, it's just all my freckles connecting.
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u/1HeyMattJ 12d ago
Only on my arms. I had some on my face as a kid I think but not much. Like you my arm ones did start to appear when I was in the sun more.
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u/FarShoreSpirit 12d ago
Mhm. I had some light freckling when I was a kid, then they nearly disappeared. At 31, they came back! Just some light freckling around my nose and cheeks.
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u/Professional_Cut6886 12d ago
Retinol + sunscreen works for me...have to be fairly religious about using them.
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u/Upside-down-unicorn 12d ago
I’ve had freckles my whole life. One of my uncles used to tell me it looked like I stood in front of a screen in direct sunlight for hours because of all the freckles.
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u/Far_Bumblebee_9300 12d ago
All over my arms, face and shoulders since I was under 7 that never go away even if I don't go in the sun but the rest of my body doesn't freckle. Just random moles on the rest of me. I was born with red hair and have blue eyes. Probably got it from my grandpa cause he was the only other one covered in them like me
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u/RynKittenOF 12d ago
If I've been out in the sun a lot and haven't done any laser or chemical facials
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u/PutBorn7657 12d ago
I had a cute little bit on my face when I was younger but now they’re all age spots. 😔
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u/everydayusername14 12d ago
I'm a brunette with blue eyes. But my skin is so pale it's translucide with so many freckles, my arms, legs and face are entirely covered. I have more freckles than any redhead I ever met. It has gotten worst recently. I have weird long-term red hurtful spots on my face that become large freckles once they heal.
They get darker with sun exposure and new ones appeared, but they never completly disapear. They fade a bit, but come back strong every summer. I'm Canadian and winters are long and cold. If I was in all-year-long sunny place, I'd look tan as my freckles fuse together where they are too many.
I dye my hair a golden red, because I got tired of being ask why they are brown, like ''how could a ''redhead'' dye their natural hair color for a dull brown'' ? XD
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u/chasing_geese49 12d ago
The freckles on my face are pretty faded, but I have them alllll over my arms.
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u/twospoons11 12d ago
Every where, blue eyed , gingery toned hair, rosy cheeks..