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Lots of brown spots?
( 1 Aug 2008)

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The first thing you need to do is get yourself examined by your regular family physician. If there is something serious or questionable about the spots on your skin, then you will be further recommended to go to a skin doctor, commonly known as a dermatologist. Unless you know why these spots are occurring, there is no way you can find a successful cure for them.


Since you have not mentioned your age, it is important for you to know that after the age of about 50 to 60 years, brown dots and spots occurring on the skin is a fairly common phenomenon. These are more commonly known as liver spots or age spots. Considered to be a sign of age, these are in no way connected to the liver, although this was a common belief a few years ago.


They will be more prominent on the areas that are directly exposed to sunlight for long periods of time. Keep in mind that these are fairly harmless in nature and about the gravest problem they can cause is obstructing the visual possibility of diagnosis of skin cancer. Otherwise, they can be left alone or even removed with the help of non invasive surgery, such as laser surgery.

If you do not have the age factored in for this reason, then it is possible that you have freckles all over the body. This is also not an uncommon phenomenon. People who have extremely light colored and very sensitive skin can actually suffer from this particular problem. One of the best and most effective ways to deal with freckles is to protect your skin from the direct rays of the sun from sunup to sundown. Make sure you plaster your skin with sun screen lotion for at least about five to seven times a day. This will help in acting as a preventive measure. You can also use natural bleaching agents to get rid of freckles. This would include making and applying a paste of tomato and freshly squeezed lime juice to the parts of your skin that have become freckled. This can be left on for about 20 minutes, twice daily for effective results. Sometimes, people who shave their body regularly can also develop this kind of skin problem. Take more care after shaving, and make it a point to avoid alcohol based after shaves or lotions. Creams are preferable to lotions and are more effective in preventing these problems.
answered by G M on 26 Feb 2010, 1:05:37

 

Brown spots can be caused due to several reasons and are of various types. These brown spots could be a result of; seborrhea Keratosis, freckles or ephelids, melasma, moles and lentigo or lentigines, age spots, liver spots or sun spots. To know what is causing the brown spots is important because some of these disorders are not of a cosmetic nature and can be dangerous if left untreated. Therefore it is advisable to consult a dermatologist or a doctor before beginning any kind of self treatment. However, more often than not these brown spots are a result of freckles. These freckles are caused due to exposure to the sun and most commonly occur on people who have light skin, but in certain cases can be seen on dark skinned people as well. Medically it is termed as ephilis. They are caused due to the skin color pigment accumulating in the cells of the skin. This pigment is produced by melanocytes and is known as melanin. Therefore when the melanin starts to gather together in particular area of the skin it starts to form brown spots. The production of melanin increases when a person is exposed to the sun and is hence the appearance of brown spots is more common in the summer months and then eventually start to fade off in the in the winter after replacement by new cells..

The best way to get rid of brown spots is to make sure to put on a good sunscreen lotion on the areas that are most exposed to the sun. Make sure to this everyday as it will be effective only after a certain period of time. Another form of treatment you can try is the use of anti- aging or wrinkle creams. Some of these creams contain an ingredient known hydroquinone and antioxidants like retinol, vitamin c and azeliac acid. There are also more comprehensive ways of going about removing brown spots. These techniques include the use if a chemical peel or pigment laser target therapy.

answered by G M on 1 Aug 2008, 6:22:00

 

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