Why do some people get freckles and others dont?

Question

2 of my friends have paler white skin than me, brown eyes and blonde hair, i have blue eyes and naturally med brown hair. my friends tan without freckles but i dont, why is this? if anybody knows. thanks

Answer 1

Skine tone, nationality, and genetics.

Answer 2

freckles are part of your skin and they are made up of melenin. you just may have more

Answer 3

Well, freckles are part of your genes. If your mom or dad get freckles, then most likely you'll get them, too. It's all part of who you inherit from =] Also cause your friends have a different skin type then you do. xDD

Answer 4

well am black and i got freckles!

Answer 5

it depends on how much melanin is in your skin and genes conteol that

Answer 6

As a guy who thinks girls with freckles are HOT, I've done a lot of research into how girls get them.  Here is a little Q & A about freckles:

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About FRECKLES!

Q. What are freckles?

The simple answer is they are an uneven tan. Your skin color depends on the amount of a pigment called Melanin it contains. The more Melanin you have the darker your skin color. Albinos have no Melanin at all in their skin!

Melanin helps to protect you from the harmful ultraviolet rays in sunlight. When these rays hit your skin, the Melanin cells in your skin respond by releasing their chemicals which darken your skin and protect you better from the sun.

In some people, the Melanin tends to "clump" in areas which appear darker than the skin surrounding them. This is how freckles come about. Melanin is regulated by the MC1R gene, and a variant of that gene is believed to determine how freckly you are. When you spend lots of time in the sun, these clumps of melanin are stimulated to produce more pigment thus you get darker, or even more freckles! The tendency to have freckles seems to be inherited.

Q. Why do females and children seem to have more freckles than men?

My best guess about this is because women and children have thinner skin than men generally do. Thinner skin would not only allow your freckles to be seen easier, but also make it easier for sunlight to stimulate the Melanin Clumps into action.

Hormones may also play a role, as when pregnant women are said to get the "Mask of Pregnancy" which often is associated with more freckles.

Q. Do all skin types get freckles?

Every Race from Blacks to Asians, to East Indians can get freckles; but they are most common on White people. Freckles usually start to appear around the age of 5 years old, and generally peak during the Teenage years. They seem to fade during adulthood, which is probably due to hormonal changes and the fact that adults working jobs aren't outside exposed to the sun as much either.

Freckles ROCK!

Answer 7

its genetics, plus you can get freckles by being out in the sun A LOT

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Answer 8

Freckles are small patches of melanin the accumulate in the skin, that grow and get darker as they are continually exposed to sunlight. Freckles are more common in people with fair skin, blue eyes, and especially in people with red hair.

Most people have the same number of melanocytes in their skin ... some just produce and distribute more melanin than others.

Answer 9

No clue. But someone can take mine!! Grr I hate them!