Stephen Fine, Founder and President Age Spots and Melanoma If you're a nonmedical layperson, you know them as age spots, sun spots or liver spotsIf you're a doctor, they're solar lentigines or actinic lentiginesWhatever you call them though, while visually unappealing most age spots are benign (safe/noncancerous)It's not common—in fact it's rare—that a person could be discovered to have dozens of melanomas at the same time There are exceptionally rare cases in which a patient was found to have hundreds of melanomas at the same time Dr Gordon's interests include medical dermatology, particularly the treatment and prevention of melanoma and"AGE" SPOTS These flat areas of sundamaged skin vary in size, are graybrown or black and usually appear on the face, arms, shoulders and/or hands If a spot changes over time, it could be lentigo maligna melanoma What to look for A flat "spot" that gradually spreads and develops an irregular shape It will be a brownish color and
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