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While I can't say for certain, I can tell you some things that are responsible for freckles other than heredity. The sun is probably the #1 reason for freckles and heredity plays the biggest role in how many freckles are produced. The issue has to do with our body's production of melanin and how that melanin (which incidentally protects us from the sun's UV rays) respondes to sunlight.

And while this is not quite scientific, I believe that when we get freckles (most of us freckle as we age regardless of heredity), it is a by product of our body trying to ward off the effects of the sun. There are products out there that can diminish freckling and most of them deal with somehow inhibiting the melanin's response to skin inflammation and things like the sun. For more information, you should check into hyperpigmentation and other skin problems that are the direct influence of melanin production.

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Freckles are small areas of increased melanin production in the skin. Melanin is the pigment responsible for skin color and freckles are usually more common in individuals with lighter skin tones. Freckles can be triggered by sun exposure and typically become darker during the summer months.

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