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Cumulative sun damage

Close up of elderly man’s neck and another’s nose, with yellow lumps and leathery wrinkled skin.

Two older men whose skin shows the effect of long term sun exposure.

The leathery wrinkles and yellow lumps are a form of damage called solar elastosis and it usually starts to present when people are in their forties.

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Published: 29 July 2008Updated: 23 January 2026Size: 4.09 MB
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