Is it normal to gain new skin spots and freckles if i've never have b4? i'm 25

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I'm 25, something like one week after I turned 25, I right away noticed one morning that some freckles appeared on the top of my hand/ wrist area. A couple on my other hand, but I imagine I got more on the left hand because that one may receive a little more sunlight from me driving. My boyfriend noticed these spots right away too, and said, "what's that? That wasn't there before." I'm half Mexican/ Spanish with a little bit of American Indian and I have always had an even skin tone. These freckles vary in size up to about 3mm and on my left hand I have like 20 of them. My sister says they are just sun freckles, but I'm worried cause I've tanned before, and this never happened, I wasn't even in the sun that much near that time, just in the car, ugh.

Also, to add to this, I have some weird spots that are appearing on my chest. There are two in between/ below my cleavage line, and two on my right AND two on my left breast on the bottom inner breast areas that are pretty much identical on each side. The Size of the spots are about 1cm in diameter and they are reddish in color, and rise a tad bit above the normal skin. I only noticed the ones before because it is apparent in my cleavage line, but then my boyfriend pointed them all out. At first I dismissed the first two that I had noticed as maybe some indentations or imprints from using underwire bras, and since all of those spots are sort of symmetrical, I was thinking that maybe it's because of the daily use of a bra. I noticed these spots a couple of years ago and they are slowing growing in diameter. They are still there even when I don't wear an underwire bra for a couple days. I google imaged skin cancer for comparison, but I don't see too much of a resemblance.

Either way, I need advice and (please wear sunscreen, haha.)

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  • dappled
    11 years ago

    If you're in the northern hemisphere, then this is the tail end of summer and definitely when you'll notice freckles being more prominent (they could always have been there but of such low contrast with the surrounding skin that you didn't notice them).

    As for the ones on your chest, are any of them in areas not exposed to sunlight? Places known as "skin-fold" areas are prone to skin conditions. These are areas where two layers of skin are in contact with other (i.e. cleavage or the underside of breasts) and as horrible as it sounds this is often caused by the areas being warm and/or developing more perspiration.

    The symmetry thing sounds like a lead, though. Most surveys say that the majority of women don't wear the ideal sized bra. If you haven't had a fitting for a while, maybe organise one? Or try a bra one cup size or chest measurement larger (or both) and see what happens.

    You do the right thing to be vigilant about skin cancer and there'd be no harm consulting a doctor. It doesn't sound like it to me, though.

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    • kit-kat-bar
      11 years ago

      Super good advice, thanks:)

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      • dappled
        11 years ago

        Wow, you're back. I haven't seen you around in ages! You're about the sixth person I've seen made a sudden reappearance in the past week or so. Has everyone been off at an extended party that I wasn't invited to, and are only now making their way back to civilisation? :)

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  • WordWizard
    11 years ago

    I keep getting them too. Its very strange.

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