Age spots are something that bedevil many women, and men, as they get older. They are mostly harmless, but are unsightly, so for many women finding out how to remove age spots is important.
Age spots can also be known as liver spots or sun spots or, technically, lentigines. They are visible on the surface of the skin because they are discolored, being a brownish or blackish color, or possibly red. They are called liver spots sometimes because it was suspected that they were related to problems with the liver.
Now this link between liver spots and liver disease is discredited.
The first thing to say about age spots though, is that they shouldnt be confused with melanoma, or skin cancer. Whilst liver spots are harmless melanoma is far from harmless, and so if you suffer from brownish or black spots on your skin, either on your face or anywhere, you should always consult your doctor first.
What causes age spots? There’s a combination of 2 causes, age and sun exposure. As we age the sun damage to our skin accumulates and we start, in some cases, to develop spots on our face, the back of our hands and on the back of the neck, all 4 places being where we get the most sun.
In the top layers of the skin between the dermis and the epidermis, as we age, our skin can form collections of skin pigment. As we age our skin cells are less able to regenerate and so these form visible spots on our skin.
So should we remove these sun spots? There’s a number of options, and one is to do nothing as long as a doctor has checked them out. From a health point of view it isn’t essential to remove age spots. They can stay if you wish.
But from an aesthetic point of view you may want to remove them. For many women and men having liver spots is concerning because they look unsightly on the face. So how do you remove age spots if you wish to?
Theres a number of ways to remove age spots. Some laser therapies may remove age spots, though this may be expensive and is not necessary. They can also be removed with cryotherapy, or the use of extreme cold through sources like dry ice. This is a medical procedure and you should consult your doctor about this, as you should if you are considering laser treatment as well.
And there is another option too. There are now some very good natural skin care products that are showing much promise in the removal of age spots. If you are aging the use of good quality skin care products is pretty much essential anyway and the best ones are now getting good results reducing the appearance of age spots.
In particular vitamin E is known to reduce the appearance of age spots because of its anti oxidant and other properties. Vitamin E is of course found in a wide range of skin care products for its many properties that are beneficial to the skin, however in most cases the form of vitamin E that is used is one that is not particularly effective, because a synthetic version is used, which is cheaper than a more effective natural vitamin E.
Why is it in those products? So that they can put “Vitamin E” on the label to sell more product.
But the worlds best natural skin care products use a natural form of vitamin E that is at a much higher concentration.
So there’s the lowdown on age spots. Or liver or sun spots if you prefer. And there’s no need to remove them if you don’t want to, as long as you’ve checked them out with your doctor first. But if you do want to remove them remember there are excellent results being achieved with top quality natural skincare products. It sure beats laser therapy.
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