Sunspots-it sounds like a simple term, but they're actually considered to be part of the earliest stage in the development of skin cancer.

John Biffar says that there is a price for living in paradise and I found out 1st hand with the development of sunspots. Dermatologist Aurora Badia explains "They look like little scaly spots on the temples or foreheads sometimes you can't see them really well, but you can feel them."

John also says that sunspots are a sign that your skin has already been damaged. I know when I found these spots on my face--- it prompted me to take action. I went to Dr. Badia and she told me that "They're areas that after chronic sun exposure come up in the skin, they're actually A typical cells that are pre-cancerous lesions and about 5 to 10% of them can turn to skin cancer."

Luckily there are treatment options available. John chose the chemical cream. Dr. Badia says "And it only effects those areas, it makes them red and crusty and helps them to be treated. So, if he had no damage there, that cream would not effect him at all, it would just be like putting on a face cream."

Normally it takes about two weeks for the areas to heal and that's all it took for me. And now I don't go anywhere without my sun block.

If you have an area on your face that is dry and scaly, always in the same spot and tender or sensitive in the sun you should see a dermatologist to have it evaluated.