Are Freckles Under The Eyes Indicative Of Any Vitamin Deficiency?

Posted on Sun, 4 Dec 2016

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Question : My daughter is 21 biracial. In the past 6 months she has had freckles come up under her eyes. Her being of dark complexion I didn't know if this was a deficiency? Thank you

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Freckles are not caused by deficiency of any kind

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for being at healthcaremagic
Freckles are not due to deficiency of any kind.
They are usually associated with sunexposure, genetic and hereditary factors.
Regards
Dr Asmeet

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad