5 Ways to Manage Your Age Spots

Age spots, also known as liver spots, are flat, brown or black spots appearing on your face, hands, arms. There are treatments available to help remove them. Let’s discover 5 ways to manage your age spots.

Fade creams

This is an easy way to get rid of age spots. You can find fade creams or lotions in many online shops, drugstores, or in any cosmetic stores. Fade creams and lotions are easy-using but remember to follow the instructions and a regular applying routine. You should choose products that contain hydroquinone, glycolic acid or kojic acid. These chemicals are safe and they can also lighten your skin.

However, using fade creams may take you a long period of time to hit the target. You may have to wait for a few months to see the improvement.

 

Medications

Sometimes, your doctor may prescribe some types of bleaching creams containing hydroquinone to use alone or in a combination with retinoids (tretinoin). With these, your spots may gradually fade over time. While taking medication treatment, you should also use sunscreen with SPF of 30 or higher to protect your skin from getting other spots due to the sunlight. You should also be aware that the treatment may cause redness, dryness to the skin.

 

Laser or light therapy

Laser or light therapy can help you destroy the melanin-producing cells. Moreover, these therapies do not damage your skin. A typical treatment program may contain several sessions. You may have to stand the program many times before it takes effects, which means a few months to the noticeable results. The spots will gradually fade. You should also protect your skin with sunscreen and clothes.

 

Dermabrasion

Dermabrasion uses a wire brush or diamond wheel to remove the upper layers of your skin. This will damage your skin and cause bleeding. After the skin heals, the new skin grows and age spots are less visible. The new skin may grow after 5 to 8 days. After 6 to 12 weeks, the spots will fade. If you treat your full face, you need more time to recover after the surgery.

Most people do not feel pain and they can return to work right after the treatment. Sometimes, swelling and pain can occur. Remember to keep your skin clean and protect it from the sunburn.

 

Chemical peels

In this treatment, the doctors use special equipment to remove the upper layers of the skin. When new skin grows, the age spots fade. You may stop taking some medicines before you start the procedure. You should protect your skin with sunscreen when you go out because after the procedure it may be more vulnerable to the sun.

The new skin may grow after a few days and age spots can mostly disappear after a few months.

 

Age spots is a part of aging process. However, if they deprive your self-confidence, you can have look for one or more treatments. Talk with your doctor and think carefully before you choose any method.