Freckle (rock)

[dogjones]

A friend of mine was told that a freckle is an indication of 'permanently damaged skin'. I can't find anything online that substantiates this. Is there anything to this claim, or is it, as I suspect, a silly, subjective piece of derma-woo?

 

[Capsid]

I thought it was a localised area of increased pigmentation (melanin). Freckles can increase in number upon exposure to sun but I don't see how that is damaged, unless they are confusing this with melanoma.

 

[Professor Yaffle]

http://www.medicinenet.com/freckles/article.htm

 

[Madalch]

Thank you- now I have the theme from "Fraggle Rock" stuck in my head.

I will have my vengeance.

 

[Loss Leader]

Thank you- now I have the theme from "Fraggle Rock" stuck in my head.

I will have my vengeance.

For those who just got the itch:

 

[The Man]

A friend of mine was told that a freckle is an indication of 'permanently damaged skin'. I can't find anything online that substantiates this. Is there anything to this claim, or is it, as I suspect, a silly, subjective piece of derma-woo?

If this is the case then I am “permanently damaged” from head to toe.

 

[FireGarden]

http://www.medicinenet.com/freckles/article.htm

A great defintion:

The word "freckle" comes from the Middle English "freken," which, in turn, came from the Old Norse "freknur," meaning "freckled." (Some speakers of Old English and Old Norse must have had a tendency to developing freckles.)

Okay, okay, they told us what freckles were in an earlier bit. But I still laughed.