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Brown spots all over body, Eliminate brown spots, Natural remedies for brown spots
Lots of brown spots?
( 1 Aug 2008)
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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 sunn Make sure to this everyday as it will be effective only after a certain period of timee Another form of treatment you can try is the use of anti- aging or wrinkle creamss Some of these creams contain an ingredient known hydroquinone and antioxidants like retinol, vitamin c and azeliac acidd There are also more comprehensive ways of going about removing brown spotss These techniques include the use if a chemical peel or pigment laser target therapyy
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answered by G M on 1 Aug 2008, 6:22:00
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