Author: Barbara Aloz
Source: ezinearticles.com
Do you have age spots? If you have been out in the sun much you may see them beginning to form on your face, arms or the backs of your hand. This process usually takes years to develop, at what rate often depends on your skin type. Its the melanin in your skin’s pigment that causes these blemishes, it’s usually due to spending too much time in the sun without the protection of a good sunscreen.
There are many different ways to eliminate age spots, some like laser or light therapy will fade them, but this type of treatment is usually expensive and will probably require many different visits. What laser therapy does is it eliminates the excess build up pigment in the skin. The spots will fade gradually over time, usually within weeks or months.
There is a skin lightening cream called hydroquinone which was the strongest lightening cream you could get without a prescription, it worked well but the FDA has since banned all over the counter sales of it, citing studies that showed it may cause cancer in rats and mice.
Another option is cryotherapy, this is when they take liquid nitrogen and spray in onto your skin to freeze it and eventually the skin cells will drop off. The problem with this procedure is that it could cause permanent scarring, not quite what you were hoping for.
Have you ever checked out the long list of side effects on cosmetic packages for age spot removers? Most of them talk about swollen, irritated skin and taking a long time before they are effective.
Read on, I will show you another way to lighten age spots by choosing a whitening cream that has all natural ingredients and is without any side effects or that causes any damage to your skin.
Look for a whitening cream that has natural vitamin E as one of its ingredients, its a powerful antioxidant that helps prevent the appearance of age spots. Another natural ingredient to look for is nutgrass root, research has shown it to be effective at naturally lightening age spots. Nutgrass root also works at reducing freckles and has been found to have anti-aging properties for the skin and does all this without any side harmful effects.
Please go to my website if you would like more information about other cutting edge all natural skin care products, including a whitening cream with vitamin E and nutgrass root.
Barbara Aloz is a passionate advocate of natural skin care products. Visit her site now to discover the leading , anti-aging skin care products she recommends after extensive research: http://www.your-best-skin-site.com
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