• Question: why do we have freckles

    Asked by marshmalllow to Andy, Duane, Giovanna, Katie, Theresia on 14 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by R2D2, Adiboo.
    • Photo: Theresia Mina

      Theresia Mina answered on 14 Nov 2014:

      Not quite sure about this, Asian people usually don’t have freckles so I am not very familiar. But surely this has something to do with sunlight exposure?

    • Photo: Katie Pickering

      Katie Pickering answered on 14 Nov 2014:

      I’m not 100% sure but its linked to the pigmentation in our skin. When the sun hits the parts of the skin where there is differnece in the pigmentation it shows as freckles. I get them a little but in the summer.

    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 14 Nov 2014:

      I think Katie is right, it is linked to uneven distribution of cells that make melanin and in summer when it is sunny these make more melanin and can be seen

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