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Alternate Names : Solar Lentigo, Solar Lentigines, Senile Lentigo, Liver Spots
Age Spots | Symptoms & Signs | Diagnosis & Tests | Prevention & Expectations | Treatment & Monitoring
Long-term sun protection, including the use of appropriate sunscreen products, can help prevent age spots.
Age spots cause no long-term effects.
Age spots are not contagious and cause no risk to others.
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Age Spots: Diagnosis & Tests
Age Spots: Treatment & Monitoring
Author: Lynn West, MD Reviewer: Eileen McLaughlin, RN, BSN Date Reviewed: 07/27/01