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AGE SPOTS

Sessions

1-6

Result Duration

6 Weeks

Treatment Time

30min - 1h

Back to work

Immediately

Results

6 Weeks

Potential Risk

Temporary mild redness and tenderness

Potential Risk

Temporary mild redness and tenderness

Age spots are always unappealing, and not welcomed by anyone. They are also known as liver spots and sun spots, but no matter what name they go by, you want them to go away.

Ultimately, due to accessions of the sun’s rays, age spots appear in some parts of the body. Interestingly, age spots are different in size in their diameters, usually, they are sized from 0.2 to 2.0 cm.

Contrary to this, these age spots are not damaging to the body. These scars are flat and darker than the skin around them. Age spots are, in fact, freckles that appear in some colours, such as brown, tan, and black. Moreover, they can be seen in groups or sometimes solitary.

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Small, dark, flat patches on the skin are called age spots.

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Symptoms and Reasons

Symptoms of Age Spots: Flat brown, grey, or black dots on the skin are called age spots. The backs of your hands and your face are typical sun-exposed regions where they can develop. The terms liver spots, senile lentigo, solar lentigines, and sun spots are also used to describe age spots.

These can appear as single age spots, or several may group together.

The majority of people will get them throughout their middle and later years of life, especially if they spend a lot of time in the sun. However, they may start to grow as early as childhood.

 

Reasons of Age Spots: There are several causes Excess melanin produced by the body causes age spots. Due to surpluses of the melanin, the clumps of the skin caused age spots. It is unanimous fact that melanin is produced by the skin while having ultraviolet rays from the sun.

Furthermore, age spots occur on skin that has been exposed to the sun for a long time when melanin becomes clumped or created in high quantities.

Tests, Diagnosis, and Treatment

The color, size, and shape of an age spot may usually be determined by a dermatologist. Your doctor will feel for any elevated places on your skin.

 If the patch is elevated rather than flat, it could be seborrhea keratosis, which is a benign development.

For the testing, small piece of age spot is tested in the laboratory, it is called biopsy. 

The outlook of the people about age spots is fluctuated. Though, some people say age spots are harmful and causes of cancer, on the contrary side, it is not. Age spots, in fact, are not harmful and not cancerous too.

Topical treatment is a better way to handle age spots. Mercury-containing lighteners, on the other hand, should be avoided because they may represent a major health danger.

 A safe product can be prescribed by a healthcare expert. Topical creams and cryosurgery are two other effective treatments. These treatments are familiar to anyone in recent times.

Preventive Measures and Viewpoint

Preventive Measures: Age spots are uninvited friends to the bodies. The sunscreen should be broad spectrum, which means it will protect you from both rays. Avoiding sun and tanning bed exposure is the greatest approach to prevent age spots from forming. Wear a hat, sunglasses, and appropriate clothing while you are outside.

Viewpoint: Although age spots are not hazardous, but, they are ugly. The majority of people who have age spots do not want them addressed to have. It is possible to lessen or erase age spots that are unusually large, black, or conspicuous.

Contrary to it, age spots are not malignant at all. They can, however, resemble certain types of skin cancer; therefore it is crucial to know the differences

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