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These are spots on the skin, like age (liver) spots, freckles or birthmarks, caused by an increase of melanocytes (cells that produced melanin, the dark pigment in the skin). Other types of pigmented areas are slightly elevated dark spots on the back and hands (keratoses) and dermatosis papulosis nigra (small black marks most often seen on African or Asian Americans).
