Age spot signifies accumulation of sun damage leading to excessive deposition of pigment and retention of senescent skin cells on the surface of the skin. Some of the age spot may actually be precancerous (where there is deleterious damage to the DNA of skin cells from years of ultraviolet insults), otherwise... more
Age spots - what is actually happening to the skin?
What is actually happening to the skin when it exhibits an age spot?
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