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Age Spots Definition
Common names:
  • Age Spots
  • Lentigo
  • Liver Spots
  • Old Age Skin Spots
  • Skin Spots due to Old Age
  • Spots due to Old Age
  • Spots on the Skin due to Aging
A person with age spots has brown or black spots on skin that occur with aging. Age spots are noncancerous and can occur anywhere on the body. Images

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Last Updated: Dec 15, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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