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I'm getting brown spots on my right hand. i thought my hand was dirty at first, but realized i have multiple brown flat spots over top of my hand.

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Dr. Rebecca Gliksman answered

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Brown spots on hand: Can be vitamin deficiency Vit C , B12 ,anemia, liver dysfunction but most likely sun/age but usually that is after 40- unless you spend a lot of time in the sun . Depending on how they look if raised or dark irregualr, could be keratoses or lentiog or melanoma, f/u/ w/ dermatologist

Answered 8/27/2016

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A member asked:

I'm getting brown spots on my right hand. i thought my hand was dirty at first, but realized i have multiple brown flat spots over top of my hand.

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Dr. Rebecca Gliksman answered

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