About a decade ago, scientists discovered another gene responsible for freckles in Chinese populations. Other genes may be involved too—scientists have yet to unravel all of the genetic causes behind freckles, which occur in a variety of ethnic groups.
Regardless of the precise genetic mechanism, freckles are always a family affair: Parents pass on the likelihood of freckling, as well as its locations across the body.
While some pigmented skin disorders can also cause freckling, freckles by themselves are not a cause for concern unlike moles, which are raised bumps on the skin—freckles are flat. You can think of them as spelling out your own little reminder system. BY Bess Lovejoy. Subscribe to our Newsletter! Perhaps we pick on Pippi Longstockings because of the minority factor redheads only make up about 2 to 6 percent of the U.
Red hair and light skin can be a killer combo, literally. According to a study published in the journal Molecular Cell, gingers are at elevated risk for developing melanoma , the deadliest form of skin cancer.
An analysis of both mice and cells led scientists to identify that those with red hair lack another gene, PTEN, that usually goes hand-in-hand with MC1R and is known to suppress tumors. According to Dr. Additionally, the mutated MC1R gene interacts with another mutated gene, BRAF, that is more widely known to promote cancer development. The study, which was conducted by researcher Werner Habermehl, PhD, from the Hamburg Research Institute in Germany, looked at the sex lives and hair color of hundreds of German women.
Habermehl said in a press release. Why are redheads having all the fun? There could be a number of explanations, cognitive scientist and personality psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD, wrote on PsychologyToday. Color psychologists also say that red provokes and arouses people more than any other color.
Freckles will never cause cancer in the body. If you do happen to get melanoma, it will appear as a mole on your body. Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash. If you were a woman in the Dark Ages and you were covered in freckles, people were more likely to assume you were a witch. People with freckles are no more or less likely to be good or bad people. Rodrigo Pereira on Unsplash. We would love to hear from you!
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