I have freckles on my arm but my boyfriend says they are beauty spots. What's the difference? They are dark brown/black and about half cm wide. What causes freckles too, why do we have them?
2007-01-24 00:54:19 · 12 answers · asked by gemwi 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
See I told him they were freckles, lol. I don't mind them, I only have a few. I don't look like dot to dot lol.
2007-01-24 01:01:30 · update #1
A mole or birthmark. Also called beauty mark. Or a small black mark pencilled or glued on a woman's face or shoulders to accentuate the fairness of her skin or to conceal a blemish. Also called beauty mark, patch. The noun Beauty Spot has one meaning: a spot that is worn on a lady's face for adornment. Freckles are flat, circular spots that typically range in the size of the head of a nail. The spots develop randomly on the skin, especially after repeated exposure to sunlight and particularly in persons of fair complexion. Freckles vary in colour -- they may be red, yellow, tan, light-brown, brown, or black -- but they are always darker than the skin around them since they are due to deposits of the dark pigment called melanin.The word "freckle" comes from the Middle English "freken," which, in turn, came from the Old Norse "freknur," meaning "freckled."
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2007-01-24 01:33:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Moles are usually bigger then freckles. Moles may sometimes have a hair that grows out from them. Freckles are discolored spots from the pigments in your skin or sometimes the ray from the sun forms them on your skin. Moles are usually dark colored and they bump up from your skin. Freckles you can't feel, you can only see.
2016-03-29 00:07:40 · answer #2 · answered by Jean 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freckles are generally on mass and beauty spots(moles) are few and far between. What a nice boyfriend though!!
2007-01-24 01:47:29 · answer #3 · answered by greenbean 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Beauty spots are usually single spots and freckles are multiple spots, usually from the sun. If you want to fade them try rubbing them with the inside skin of a Mango, thats what I did on my face and they are gone.
2007-01-24 00:59:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Size and colour, I would have thought. Also, aren't freckles more a reaction to the skin being exposed to sunlight? Don't they fade over time, whereas moles/beauty spots are there for keeps?
2007-01-24 00:59:46 · answer #5 · answered by catsmeatuk 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As far as I'm aware moles (on the face) are often called beauty spots. Freckles are freckles.
2007-01-24 00:57:37 · answer #6 · answered by Misha-non-penguin 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the pigment in your skin is just doubled on top of each other so it goes darker..beauty spots are normally on your face.freckles get everywhere else.you can buy a cream now from superdrug..called fade out and its supposed to make freckles lighter.
2007-01-24 00:59:21 · answer #7 · answered by blank 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
freckles are'nt beauty spots, moles are. freckles are just freckles and i think they have something to do with the pigment in your skin.
2007-01-24 01:09:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
beauty spot are 4 ever and freckles can go away with LAZERS
2007-01-24 00:58:53 · answer #9 · answered by Carlos G 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
it's a semantic term to make you feel better about having them. Sort of like saying that men "sweat", but women "glisten."
2007-01-24 00:58:13 · answer #10 · answered by I hate friggin' crybabies 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋