I spent a great deal of time in the sun living in San Diego and playing tennis and hiking, spent my lunch hour outside. I have a medium olive complexion and tan.

I began getting age spots. From what I understand they are damage from UV light. They shrink down and pale when I avoid the sun and increase in size when I am in the sun for a while. Now I have a permanent red spot on my nose that I'm getting checked out for cancer.

I get depressed not being in the sun so I put sunblock 50 on my face and hands and wear a hat and glasses if I'm going to be outdoors more than an hour. I take vitamin D which I'm hoping will simulate what the sun does. I tried for years to get the most sun on my legs but I started getting the spots any place the sun hits. I don't like being spotted.