Assertion: freckle | /r/HasProperty | due
Facets:
value: to deposits of the dark melanin
type: CAUSE
value: to localized proliferation of melanocytes
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: The freckles arising on the nose and cheeks of young children following sun exposure are due to localised increase in melanin production from normal melanocytes.
text: Lentigines are due to localized proliferation of melanocytes
text: More persistent freckles on the face and hands of adults are due to a proliferation of melanocytes along the basal layer.
text: These spots occur due to an abnormal increase in the number of melanocytes at the given area, unlike freckles which are due to an increase in the pigment melanin with no change in the number of melanocytes.
text: They are always darker than the skin around them since they are due to deposits of the dark melanin, a dark pigment.