OldGuy43
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They aren't very big or dark yet, but... 
Oh drat! Liver Spots!
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so lucky
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Welcome to the World of The Old. Liver spots are just the beginning.
baymule
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Not liver spots......just big freckles. Feel better now?
Feel better now?897tgigvib
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What really are Liver Spots?
My liver tests perfect, like an 18 year old's liver, but I have them, just like my mother did. Also have her thick good skin, uh, nicely thick wrinkles. Mom's mother had this skin too. Her nickname was ole wrinkles.
My liver tests perfect, like an 18 year old's liver, but I have them, just like my mother did. Also have her thick good skin, uh, nicely thick wrinkles. Mom's mother had this skin too. Her nickname was ole wrinkles.
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Definition
By Mayo Clinic staff
Age spots on the shoulder and back
Age spots also called liver spots and solar lentigines are flat gray, brown or black spots. They vary in size and usually appear on the face, hands, shoulders and arms areas most exposed to the sun. Though age spots are very common in adults older than age 40, they can affect younger people as well.
True age spots are harmless and don't need treatment, but they can look like cancerous growths. For cosmetic reasons, age spots can be lightened with skin-bleaching products or removed. However, preventing age spots by avoiding the sun and using sunscreen may be the easiest way to maintain your skin's youthful appearance and to avoid these dark skin spots.
I figured the Mayo Clinic was reliable enough to quote. I had to look it up myself. Nothing to do with the liver, other than maybe a similar color.
By Mayo Clinic staff
Age spots on the shoulder and back
Age spots also called liver spots and solar lentigines are flat gray, brown or black spots. They vary in size and usually appear on the face, hands, shoulders and arms areas most exposed to the sun. Though age spots are very common in adults older than age 40, they can affect younger people as well.
True age spots are harmless and don't need treatment, but they can look like cancerous growths. For cosmetic reasons, age spots can be lightened with skin-bleaching products or removed. However, preventing age spots by avoiding the sun and using sunscreen may be the easiest way to maintain your skin's youthful appearance and to avoid these dark skin spots.
I figured the Mayo Clinic was reliable enough to quote. I had to look it up myself. Nothing to do with the liver, other than maybe a similar color.
897tgigvib
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That's what I kind of thought. Probably some natural genetics to it too.
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A lot of mine come from scrapes or other damage. The skin just doesn't heal right, not like it did a few decades ago.
hoodat
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My skin has gotten like tissue paper. Combine that with the blood thinner I'm on and I always seem to draw blood somewhere almost every day.
lesa
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Reminds me of one of my favorite sayings...Growing old is a privilege denied to many.
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And one of mine is..."Growing old is the pits until you consider the alternative."lesa said:
