My husband has always had a ton of freckles. He can not stand them and says that he feels like he is looked at as a kid instead of an adult. He felt as though his freckles were holding him back and he did not know what to do about them. I got him a skin lightening cream and told him to try it and see if it helped at all. I encouraged him every day and told him I loved him with or without the freckles. They were lightened a little bit and it gave him enough confidence to take on anything they threw at him at work.