Freckle regular use of sunblock can inhibit their development. Liver spots (also known as sun spots and lentigines) look like large freckles, but they form after years of exposure to the sun. Liver spots are more common in older people. Freckle Freckles are clusters of concentrated melaninized cells which are most easily visible on people with a fair complexion. Freckles do not have an increased number of the melanin-producing cells, or melanocytes, but instead have melanocytes that overproduce melanin granules (melanosomes) changing the coloration of the outer skin cells (keratinocytes). As such, freckles are different from lentigines and moles, which are
Caenorycta thiobapta Caenorycta thiobapta Caenorycta thiobapta is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1930. It is found in New Guinea. The wingspan is about 34 mm. The forewings are white, the dorsal three-fifths suffused pale brassy-yellow and the costal edge dark fuscous towards the base. The costal area is suffused pale brownish towards the base and there are two elongate blackish spots resting on the upper edge of the brassy-yellow area, with slight brownish marks beneath them, from above the first a light brownish streak runs to a brownish blotch, darker posteriorly, extending from the yellow