Age spots are also called sunspots liver spots and solar lentigines.
Sun spots on face brown skin.
Sunspots are flat brown spots that develop on areas of your skin that are exposed to the sun.
Sunspots also known as liver spots or solar lentigines are very common anyone can get sunspots but they are more common in people with fair skin and those older than 40.
Seborrheic keratoses like sun spots are harmless brown tan or black growths on the skin the mayo clinic explains.
Some of the main causes of brown spots are sun exposure aging and genetics.
However unlike true sun spots these marks tend to be slightly raised which.
Age spots are very common in adults older than 50 but younger people can get them if they spend time in the sun.
They re also known as liver spots though they have nothing to do with your liver.
Brown spots generally appear on exposed skin areas like the face back neck chest shoulders and hands.
Age spots are small flat dark areas on the skin.
These have nothing to do with the liver and are caused instead by long term sun.
The spots are usually harmless but many.