How To Cover Liver Spots
The main cause of liver spots or age spots is sun damage. Decades of exposure to the sun without protection results in dark pigmented areas on the face, neck, hands and other exposed areas. Most people with age spots are over 50 years of age although sun damage can appear on people in their 20s. There are treatments to get rid of liver spots such as fade creams and chemical peels. While these methods offer some relief there is no guarantee that the age spots will completely fade. Covering up age spots is one way to hide the discolored areas on the skin. Does this Spark an idea?
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Wear protective clothing to cover up the liver spots. According to the Mayo Clinic in its article "Age Spots (Liver Spots)" wearing long sleeves, gloves, and wide brimmed hats is one way to cover up age spots and also protect them from ultraviolet rays.
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Apply make-up to the affected areas. Use a foundation similar to your skin tone and apply it to the age spots on the face, neck and hands to cover up liver spots, suggests Prevention in its article "Cover Up Your Age Spots." Pour a small amount of foundation or concealer on you fingertip and massage it into the skin. There are numerous brands of make-up available in a variety of formulas for dry, oily or normal skin. Increasingly, foundations and concealers have built-in sunscreens that prevent more liver spots from forming.
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Apply lemon juice or vinegar directly to the liver spots. In the article "Age and Sun Spots," Readers' Digest suggests applying one of these products to the skin to fade away the liver spots. Place a small amount of lemon juice or vinegar to the liver spots with a cotton pad and leave on for 15 minutes. Then wash off. Apply lemon juice or vinegar regularly to age spots for best results.
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