Have you been suffering from age spots all over your body? Do these age spots actually prevent you from flaunting your beautiful skin? Do you want to learn about different age spot removal methods? If yes, you’ve come to the right place.
There are numerous treatment methods that you can use to treat age spots. However, not all of these are ideal because a) they are too expensive, b) cause nasty side effects or c) don’t work at all.
With any skin condition, it’s always better to prevent the onset of the condition than to try and cure it. The same can be said with age spots as well.
Curing age spots is possible thanks to various advancements in technology. However, it’s not recommended because these treatment methods can be draining (financially, emotionally and physically).
For most people, age spots can be easily kept in check if they just focus on the original factors that contributed to the condition in the first place.
For example, many women experience age spots due to increased sun exposure. This can be easily prevented by the application of a powerful sunscreen (SPF of 60 instead of SPF of 30) and wearing the right clothing when stepping out in the sun. Significant improvement can be seen in as little as two weeks.
Having said that, here are some of the most common factors that are responsible for causing age spots…
1. Exposure to sunlight and UV radiation
With the ozone layer depleting slowly, the amount of UV radiation entering our atmosphere has increased significantly in the last couple of years. Sunlight, for the most part, is quite harmless. But UV radiation isn’t.
Sunlight will tan your skin and may slowly lead to age spots. However, UV radiation will not only cause age spots but also lead to skin cancer (in the future).
This can be easily prevented by wearing a powerful sunscreen, the right clothes and avoiding the sun when it is the most intense (11 am – 4 pm).
2. Hormonal imbalances
Hormonal imbalances are another factor that leads to age spots. Hormonal imbalances can be triggered due to variety of things such as intake of birth control pills, pregnancy, medications for certain illnesses, aging, etc.
If you’re aware of what’s causing these imbalances in the first place, you can easily check it at the source and prevent age spots completely.
Treatment Methods For Age Spots
If you’ve tried to prevent the development of age spots and none of these prevention methods has worked the way you wanted, you can turn to various age spot removal methods.
There are numerous age spot removal methods which can help make your age spots vanish quickly. But mind you, each one of these treatment methods will drain you (physically, mentally or emotionally).
Here are some of the best treatment methods for age spot removal…
1. Laser Resurfacing
Laser resurfacing is a form of laser therapy which can be used to burn off the outermost layers of your skin (where you currently have age spots). Once these layers are burned off, new age-spot free skin will naturally begin to grow.
Laser resurfacing will make your spots vanish extremely fast. But mind you, it isn’t a permanent solution to age spots. Your age spots will occur again if any of the above mentioned factors are triggered (increased sun exposure or hormonal imbalances).
Pros:
- Quick and ultra-fast removal of age spots
- Highly effective and painless
Cons:
- Quite expensive
- Isn’t a permanent solution
- Can lead to scarring (rare cases)
2. Microdermabrasion
Microdermabrasion is an age spot removal method which is quite similar to that of laser therapy. It involves removal of the affected areas of the skin by sanding.
This allows for newer skin to grow in a couple of days. But it’s important that you give your skin the time to recover. Like laser therapy, it isn’t a permanent solution and your new skin could be affected by age spots too.
Pros:
- Quick and easy age spot removal
- Can be affordable for most people
Cons:
- Doesn’t provide permanent relief
- Requires recovery time
3. Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy is a new treatment method that has been found to be successful on a variety of skin conditions such as birthmarks, moles, freckles and age spots. Like laser therapy, age spot removal is incredibly quick and easy with cryotherapy.
The method involves the use of liquid nitrogen to freeze the affected areas (locations where your spots are). The frozen spots are removed and new skin is allowed to grow.
Pros:
- Quick and super-fast removal of age spots
- More affordable than laser
- Painless
Cons:
- Not done everywhere (very few centers that are accredited for cryotherapy)
- Does not provide lasting relief
- May require time for recovery
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