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Lentigenes - Causes And Symptoms
Definition Lentigines are also known as sun spots or age spots or liver spots. These are harmless, flat, brown discolorations of the skin which usually occur on the back of the hands, neck and face of people older than 40 years of age. These spots more than anything else, give away a person's age. Lentigines are caused by the skin being exposed to the sun over many years. If you do not believe that these brown, ugly marks on the back of your hands and face are caused by sunlight, look at the skin on your inner thigh. Sun spots are harmless and do not need to be treated unless they are changing or getting bigger than the surrounding sun spots. Skin pigment is made by cells called melanocytes. They don't produce much melanin during the winter months, but produce more when exposed to the sun. The melanin is diffused into the surrounding skin cells, called keratinocytes. The color of ephilides is due to localized accumulation of melanin in keratinocytes. Causes
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