Sun Spots

Remove Sun Spots on Skin with Cream Treatments

Sun spots appear when the skin pigment melanin absorbs the energy of the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays. The melanin response is natural, protecting the skin from overexposure. The usual result is a skin tan. A sun spot is an unusual result called hyperpigmentation. The melanin forms into clumps of darker cells. Once sunspots appear, sun only makes them worse. According to the American Osteopathic College of Dermatology, a single day of sun undoes months of sun spot treatment. Sun spots are also commonly mistaken as age spots.

Some people ignore sun spots or use light makeup to cover. Many people try skin bleaching or skin lightening . Surgery for sunspots is extreme. Dermatologists utilize lasers to blast melanin-rich cells. Natural substances work differently. They work to inhibit melanin production. As skin naturally replenishes, new cells contain less and less melanin. The natural ingredients kojic acid and Alpha Arbutin hinder melanin production and are the basis of modern over-the-counter skin lighteners such as those listed in our review grid.

It is also possible to treat sun spots with hydroquinone, in prescription and over-the-counter strength. It’s a chemical agent tightly regulated by the FDA after animal studies found hydroquinone may be carcinogenic, or cancer-causing. Studies from Africa show another risk, of a serious skin disorder called ochronosis. Hydroquinone is banned in any skin product in the EU and Japan.

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