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Is There a Body Cream I Can Use for Age Spots on my Arms and Legs?
asked 1 year ago by RLA75 in nebraska
Latest answer by Sanusi Umar, MD
Question viewed 895 times
Tags: age 45-54, arms, legs, age spots
I have too many to spot treat. It would be nice to use a cream for the whole body to fade the spots. I am 53 and have no age spots on my face at all. I have used a retinol cream on my face for 20 years.
3 answers to Is There a Body Cream I Can Use for Age Spots on my Arms and Legs?
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Cream For Age Spots on Arms and Legs
There are some creams that contain hydroquinone which helps to gradually fade age spots. Because hydroquinone can have toxic effects, the FDA has imposed a three month limit on its continuous use. Other countries have banned its inclusion in OTC products altogether.
Laser treatments are much safer and give faster results. The laser energy works by penetrating the skin to break up the melanin pigment. Depending on what wavelength is used, lasers are also capable of breaking up the...
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Treatment for age spots on the arms and legs
One of the most effective ways to reverse sunspots due to the effects of chronic sun damage to your skin is by using a combination of two prescription strength medications: 4% hydroquinone and tretinoin cream. Prescription strength 4% hydroquinone is better than any OTC product for lightening dark spots in the skin. These dark spots are typically due to chronic sun damage so daily use of sunscreens is essential in your treatment. Combining prescription-only tretinoin cream with hydroquinone...
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Treatment for Age Spots on the Body?
Hi RLA. If the spots you see are truly solar lentigines, sun spots, then there is no better treatment than q-switched Nd:Yg laser treatments.
The reason we are big proponents of q-switched lasers over creams is that a hydroquionone based cream might be able to hide the spots, but this laser will be able to permanently remove them. In addition, based on an FDA alert, we do not recommend that our patients use hydroquinone based products for more than 90 days straight. ...
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