What’s the difference between freckles, sunspots and moles?

By Mike Climstein, Jeremy Hudson, Michael Stapelberg and Nedeljka Rosic

You’ve got a new brown spot on your face, but is it a freckle or a sunspot? Or perhaps you’ve found a spot on your back that looks like a mole but is flatter than your other ones – is it a mole or a dark freckle?

Here’s how to tell the difference between freckles, sunspots and moles – and