Freckles Serve a Purpose - Find Out What That Purpose Is

[LittleSally]

Freckles have long been treated as something ugly, something 'dirty' on the skin.

It usually meant you're a farmer - which used to be a 'lower class citizen'... You've exposed your skin too much to the sun...

The latter is true. Freckles form when your skin gets more exposure to direct sunlight. So you can imagine why they fade during winter and re-appear during Summertime.

Soooooo...the actual question answered:

Freckles form from the cells called melanocytes which have increased levels of melanin (hence their name). When the sun hits them for a prolonged period of time they appear to the naked eye on your face, shoulders, arms, back, etc...

They serve to protect you from the sun! Imagine that!

Buuuuut - don't forego the sunscreen just because you have freckles - having freckles usually means your skin is more sensitive to the effects of the sun...so keep your freckles close, but your sunscreen even closer!

[vishna]

I have freckles, as do my mother and grandfather (both African American)(though I have less than them) so, though we have more help from our increased melanin, it has such a strong hereditary link :) It's so cool to think how it works.
Freckles Appreciation
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Celebs with Freckles
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[UnknownXYZ]

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Hmmm...

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To be honest, I have never found freckles to be unattractive. I think they are pretty cute to be honest.

Another well written myTake...

... which is why I followed you.

[Caaarl]

I can't stand freckles I have a few myself and I hate them. I wish I could be completely without freckles. I perfer girls who cover them with makeup but I few freckles is ok I suppose.

When they take over someones face I view them as very ugly. Perfect example of this is Cameron Boyce. The dude looks especially goofy because he has a ton of freckles they take over his whole face.

[lilthat]

as a girl, and one cameron boyce's age, i find him and his freckles especially attractive

[lilthat]

well, AROUND his age, turning 17 soon

[curiousnorway]

When I read the title of your MyTake I thought you would answer why you gets freckles instead of your whole face turning tan/brown. I don't have freckles and when I've been in the sun, my whole face gets brown.

[LittleSally]

It did... If you read it... o. O

[curiousnorway]

Now I read it again. So I gets it now. : ) But I believes freckles is also genetic and not only being too much in the sun. I've seen people who have freckles and I've seen people who can't get them.

[LittleSally]

I've also reitterated that... In saying it matters how many melanocytes cells you have - the more you have the more freckles you'll have. If you have very little you'll have no freckles at all...

[Warmapplecrumble]

I have some freckles :-) I always didn't like them :-/ like dots all over my body. ♥ I'll try to appreciate them more.

[Barrabus_the_Free]

Freckles are pores through which the souls of the freckle person's victims are absorbed.

[Iron_Man]

Freckles are beautiful when I was a little boy i had plenty of freckles. I looked just like Dennis the Menace but with freckles. I even acted him laughing out loud

[Soremain]

Interesting. Now it makes sense why I sometimes have them and sometimes don't. I think they look attractive on some girls.

[Whatthefluff]

Interesting, thank you. I've always thought they were just a weird genetic thing!

[Puppyz123]

that's cool. it reminds me of a quote. "A face without freckles is like a night without stars."

[Asad1ONE1]

Freckles are spots of skin pigmentation and therefore get visible after certain amount of sun exposure. I would consider them beauty spots! Especially if she's cute like you

[HoneyButterCup525]

Freckles are so beautiful I don't know why some women want to zap them away.

[Likes2drive]

Yeah I used to have them on my face, mostly on my shoulders now but they don't look bad

[lovelyhoneybones]

I wish I had freckles.

[Frostman]

Freckles are pretty sweet!

[Regular1]

I think freckled girls are cute as hell.

[Silver158]

Fuck Sunscreen... Watch me burn!

[AlwaysBelieving]

Freckles are adorable

[clampfan101]

I think freckles are cute. 😊

[MrMysteryMan]

I LOVE freckles!!!

[whitedahlia]

I have freckles!

[Pizzalover101]

I never knew that pretty