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Freckles … in Your Eyes?

I noticed some small dark spots that look like freckles in the iris of my eye. Is this something to be concerned about?

These sound like harmless iris freckles, medically called ephelides. Occurring in about 60 percent of people, these flecks on the surface of the iris (the colored part of...

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