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Posted by Mike on January 31, 2002 at 05:16:10 PM EST:

In Reply to: Re: Question about driving posted by Renee on January 31, 2002 at 04:35:09 AM EST:

Hello all.. Just a question.. I have albinism.. Now how is it possible that I can have albinism, yet still get dark freckles all over the place? I thought the fact that I had albinism restricted me from producing melanin? At last I checked, freckles and moles exist and show up when 'there is an area where there is a greater amount of melanin than the surrounding area', thus causing a freckle.. Makes no sense to me... Can someone shed some light on this subject? Thank you.


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: Hello all.. Just a question.. I have albinism.. Now how is it possible that I can have albinism, yet still get dark freckles all over the place? I thought the fact that I had albinism restricted me from producing melanin? At last I checked, freckles and moles exist and show up when 'there is an area where there is a greater amount of melanin than the surrounding area', thus causing a freckle.. Makes no sense to me... Can someone shed some light on this subject? Thank you.

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