How to Cure Age Spots

Age spots, also known as liver spots, are brown spots that appear on the skin's surface due to sun exposure. The sun can cause skin damage over time that produces the melanin pigment, leading to the brown age spots. Certain people are prone to developing age spots later in life, including fair-skinned individuals. There are several methods for curing age spots.

Instructions

1. Make an appointment with a dermatologist. He can examine the spots and go over different methods that can be used to cure them.

2. Try a non-surgical method to cure the age spots. Your doctor may prescribe a bleaching cream that should be regularly applied to the affected area of the skin. Over time, the age spots should go away.

3. Set up a chemical peel treatment, which is a method doctors use to treat age spots. Chemical peels involve applying an acidic mixture to the surface of the skin. After multiple treatments, the chemical peel will cause the age spots to fade.

4. Move on to laser therapies. A laser is used on the age spots to remove the top layers of skin so that the age spots are no longer visible. Dermabrasion is another method that involves removing the top layers of skin of a patient through a surgical sanding process.

5. Consider cryotherapy for a small area of age spots. Cryotherapy involves freezing the skin in order to treat age spots. The freezing method will prove effective in destroying the extra discolored pigment.

Tips & Warnings

• Use sun protection when undergoing treatment for age spots. Sunscreen should be worn, as well as protective clothing. Sun protection will prevent the age spots from worsening or new spots from appearing.