Digital Doctor: Seeing Spots: Brown, Liver, Age and Sun Spots

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Seeing Spots: Brown, Liver, Age and Sun Spots Sep 11th 2012, 16:06 Recently, while I was in Providence, RI my father-in-law pointed to the flurry of brown spots on the back of his hand and asked, “Are these liver spots?” They’re not liver spots or age spots. Brown spots on the back of your hands are sun spots caused from excess sun exposure and aging. They have nothing to do with you liver. They appear most commonly on the back of your hands, your face, and your forearms and are usually benign. The best prevention against developing sun spots is sunscreen and clothing. The best treatments for removing sun spots are cryotherapy (having a dermatologist freeze them off with liquid nitrogen) or laser treatments. Bleaching creams and Retin-A do little to remove sun spots, while at-home treatments such as lemon juice and baking soda scrubs do nothing. Once the spots are removed, you must wear sunscreen or they’ll come back. Or you could do like Veronica Lake did and wear glamorous long cotton or silk gloves. Course I don’t think I’ll recommend that to my father-in-law. Photo credit: FCC, RobertHuffStutter Related posts: Bleaching Liver Spots Liver spots have nothing to do with your liver. They... Brown Skin Spots Ever notice brown spots on your skin after a rash... Red Spots Lots of women have been Going Red lately. “Go Red”... How to Have Younger Hands Women will spend thousands of dollars on surgeries, laser treatments,...

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