Hormonal changes such as, estrogen, thyroxin, and testosterone, during menstrual cycle, pregnancy, birth control or menopauses affect women at all ages. In addition, the environmental factors including: sun exposure, chemical contact from lotion, air pollution, dietary and medications, further affect skin complexity and liver function and could lead to unfavorable outcomes. Sun spots or age spots affect personal appearance and self confidence. There are many of skin lightening creams out there claimed for treating unwanted skin brown spots such as age spots. There are also many natural remedies which could help reduce the pregnant or age spots. Some web info I found the webs are useful, here are the links and the bullet points of these articles regarding age spots.
- Apple cider vinegar with onion juice: Mix one part of onion juice and one part of apple cider vinegar. Apply them directly to the brown spots.
- Aloe Vera: Rub the aloe juice or gel directly to the brown spots twice a day.
- Lemon Juice: The low pH in lemon juice works all the time for cleaning even for a clean skin. Rub fresh lemon juice to the spots twice a day.
- Castor oil: Apply the oil directly to brown spots twice a day.
- There are reader comments on using these suggested home remedy and some new formula.
Grannymed sun and age spot therapy
- It also describes the onion and vinegar, lemon and castor oil for brown spots.
- Horseradish is mentioned in this site.
Hyperpigmentation (Chinese patent and folk remedies)
- Contraindications: NO sun please.
- Green papaya enzyme mask
- Cranberry juice: Apply fresh juice from cranberry crush to the spots before bedtime and leave them overnight.
- Lemon juice: Blend 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 small potato, ½ small cucumber and 1tablesppon organic yogurt to make a puree and apply the puree to the skin for 15-20 minutes. Apply moisturizer after wash off the puree.
- Anti-aging skin foods (Mediterranean style): Not in this site but Chocolate is another food mentioned by many others for its anti-oxidative and anti-inflammative effects and it is absorbed through stomach.
- Apply ½ Chianti , 1cup of organic plain yogurt mix to the skin for 5-15 minutes, followed with a small amount of oliver oil.
- Apply ½ Chianti , 1cup of organic plain yogurt mix to the skin for 5-15 minutes, followed with a small amount of oliver oil.
- Chinese pearl cream
- Apricot seed: blend 1 egg white with 1 teaspoon apricot seed to make a facial mask. Apply to the face and leave it overnight.
Age Spot and Freckles after pregnancy
- Face scrub: Mix 50% sugar, 50% baking soda with water and make a facial paste.
- Emu oil: I am horrified by this method, because it is an animal product and the big Bird is so cute.
- Aspirin Mask: It sounds logical to me. I cannot try this because I have severe allergic reaction to aspirin or salicylic acid.
- Natural skin brightening cream: is composed of pear skin extracts, grapefruit seed extracts and plant extracts.
Avoiding sun damage and eating anti-oxidative fruits and vegetables are good practice for everyone. The effects of the home remedy or commercial creams may vary in individuals. The thing is that everyone has different genetic backgrounds and different physiological conditions. The responses to each suggestion surely are varied among people. One would need to figure out which one work best for them. You always need to consult your doctor if it becomes a medical related issue and make-up is an alternative remedy for all problems.
The others display more aggressive or medical approaches for spot removal:
The patient's guide for age spot removal
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