Brown Spots or Age Spots

Brown spots that are also called "age spots" or 'tasks of Sun' actually can appear at any age on neck, shoulders, face and hands: they are mainly caused by exposure to UV rays.

What are caused by brown spots?

Also called "age spots" spots but they are mostly caused by repeated solar exposures: they can be visible on young people. The brown spots are clumps of melanin that react to long or intense solar exhibitions. Attention, sometimes these spots do not necessarily correspond to solar exposure: it little be of moles, melanomas, of seborrhoeic keratoses...

Always consult a dermatologist

Before the appearance of brown spots, it is essential to consult a dermatologist for an accurate diagnosis.

The treatments and techniques

Different treatments to regress or hide spots.

Reduce pigmentation

To decrease the pigmentation of these tasks, we use specific creams that reduce the formation of melanin (hypopigmentantes cream) and that enable to fade pigmentation: are then used for bleaching creams. Do not apply them on a too long time. It should also be to settle for an application on the task and not on the healthy skin around the task (risk of clarification).

Heavier treatments

It is also possible to destroy the spots by following other types of treatments. Cryotherapy involves freezing the skin with liquid nitrogen, which will have the action destroy cells and exfoliate the skin. The peeling is an application of acid on the skin that will flake off and then regenerate. It is possible to remove brown spots thanks to the laser that under the action of heat, removes the surface layer of the skin where the pigments are contained: in 5 to 6 days, a 'new' skin unblemished went on to reform. These treatments result in the formation of small crusts which heal in a week on average. Do not expose to the Sun after treatment.