Age Spots, Sun Spots & Liver Spots
If you have ever found a strange blemish on your skin, you know how scary and confusing the experience can be. Especially in the case that everyone you consult tells you something different: "these are definitely sun spots!"! "oh yeah, my doctor says they're called age spots", etc.
Because there are many different ways of naming the same thing, it's easy to be confused about age spots, sun spots and liver spots. But the question remains: what exactly are age spots, how do they form, and how can I get rid of them?
Liver spots, sun spots or age spots - sometimes called senile/solar lentigines or lentigos - are small freckle-like spots, usually brown or redish, that are most commonly found on exposed areas of the body like the face, hands and shoulders. Sun spots can also range in color - from light brown to red or even black, depending on skin tone and level of exposure to the sun. Sun spots are essentially pigments in the skin that have been damaged by the sun, causing the skin to look aged and/or worn.
Most sun spots are completely harmless and concerns about them are therefore usually cosmetic. However, average person's eye cannot distinguish skin cancer from harmless dark spots. It is therefore of vital concern that you see a dermatologist to ensure that any sun spots you may have are not cancerous.
Why do age spots develop?
Sun spots can result from just one instance of over-exposure to the sun. Over-pigmentation occurs when the skin's melanocytes - cells located in the epidermis - begin to produce pigments in excess, following too much sun. Melanocytes are the skin cell components responsible for darkening the skin during and after sun bathing.
When melanocytes malfunction due to over-exposure, they can process an excess quantity of melanin pigment. The excessive amount of melanin leads to age spots and sometimes melasma.
Can age spots be removed?
Sun and age spots can thankfully be reduced or removed entirely through medical and cosmetic procedures or by using specially designed aging skin care products. Those folks interested in skin regeneration should thoroughly investigate the different available programs for skin renovation today. Among the most common age spot remover techniques list: Laser Surgery, Microdermabrasion, Chemical Peels and Bleaching Creams.
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Published April 18th, 2009
Filed in Health
