Green’s Dictionary of Slang

ash-spots n.

1. goose pimples.

[US] in DARE.

2. (US black) lighter spots that appear on one’s arms and legs when one gets cold.

R. Winbush Reparations for Enslavement [blog] He simply put his [lotion] on the ‘ash spots’ that Black people have — elbows, knees, ankles and a few drops on the back of his hands.