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Sun & age spots are some of the most common types of hyperpigmentation’s around.
What is Hyperpigmentation?
A hyperpigmentation is an extremely common skin condition, in which patients experience an overproduction of melanin along the skin’s surface, causing dark pigmented spots and discolorations. Melanin is the pigment, which gives our skin its normal color – when it is overproduced it can often create dark spots and patches.
Sun & Age Spots
Some of the most common types of hyperpigmentation, sun and age spots occur most commonly in older adults, and as a result of years of overexposure to the sun’s harmful UV rays.
Sometimes known as liver spots, these sun &age spots are characterized by dark, brownish or even tan spotty patches of discoloration – appearing most often on the face, hands, neck and other areas left exposed to the sun over long periods of time.
Because of overexposure to the sun, over time the UV rays will penetrate the skin’s outer layer causing the body to begin the overproduction of the dark-pigmented, melanin. While melanin is usually spread throughout our body to provide our skin its color, it becomes concentrated in those few areas and over time, dark brownish, spotty patches will appear. In some men and women, of an advanced age these issues are extremely severe.
Other Treatment Methods
Often, sun & age spots and other hyperpigmentation’s can be treated using methods such as:
- Laser Skin Resurfacing – Helps remove the outer layer of skin and stimulate the production of new fresh skin cells.
- Laser Light Therapy – Helps to brighten and resurface the skin, also triggers cellular turnover.
- Peels & Brightening Creams – For some of these spots, the use of brightening creams may work. Also, some chemical peels can help to resurface the dark spots, but they will often come back soon after.