You’ve spent years in the sun and now you’re paying the price. Age spots, known as liver spots, have begun to appear all over your face, hands, and arms. These spots are caused by excess melanin in your body. Excess melanin is caused by exposure to sun's UV rays. Age spots can also be hereditary and if you have fair skin, then you’re more prone to developing them. The spots are the size of a freckle and they aren’t dangerous, but you just hate looking at them.
Don’t worry, if you don't like them, the spots can be treated. Treatments can range from professional medical care and creams from drugstores, to at-home remedies. An inexpensive treatment is a bleaching cream. The cream takes a couple of months to fully fade the spots and can bleach the area around the spot more than the spot itself. If you feel the cream isn’t working fast enough, you can ask your doctor to prescribe a stronger one. Remember that by using a bleaching cream, your skin can become very sensitive, so make sure you wear sunscreen every day.
Another treatment you can try is Cryotherapy. It involves using liquid nitrogen to freeze and destroy the unwanted skin cells. The risk that comes with Cryotherapy is permanent scarring and discoloration. There are also resurfacing treatments, dermabrasion and chemical peels, which can range from $75 to $900. Then there are laser treatments that can cost several thousand dollars, depending on what type of laser is used.
There are a couple of at-home remedies that can work just as great as the medical treatments. Using lemon or a mixture of onions and apple cider vinegar is a wonderful remedy. You can either place lemon slices or rub lemon juice, or apply the onion apple mixture on the age spots every couple of hours. If you’re not into medical or natural treatments, you can use skin brightening treatments, dark spot correctors, BB creams, and anti-aging creams. You can purchase any of these creams from almost any store that has a makeup section.
Please remember that age spots are part of life and sometimes it’s better to just embrace it.
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