Freckles 

If you are very fair skinned or you have red hair you are likely to have freckles or 'sun kisses' as they are sometimes called.

They are really little spots of melanin in your skin, which become darker than the skin around them and are more obvious during summer.

How to avoid getting freckles

• You should be very careful in the sun, as you are more likely to burn very easily (as well as get more freckles). People with lots of freckles often have pale skin - which burns quickly.
• Always wear sunscreen. Make it part of your day to put on the sunscreen in the morning, before lunch and after school.
• Wear a hat and clothes that cover your skin.
• Staying out of the sun and not getting a tan is the cool way to go anyway.
• Sunbathing damages your skin and you get wrinkles too!

In great grandma's time they used this recipe to try and fade freckles out.

• Get the juice of half a lemon.
• Wipe the juice onto your freckles, using a cotton wool ball.
• Do this twice a day for several weeks.
• Stay out of the sun.