Age spots are flat, uneven brown patches that appear on the parts of the body that are most regularly exposed to the sun – most commonly the face, chest, hands, shoulders and arms. They are also known as sun spots or liver spots.
We spend a lot of time in the harsh Australian sun and our skin reacts by producing pigment called melanin for protection.
The purpose of the melanin is to shield our skin from the sun’s ultra violet rays. Too much sun may cause skin to overreact by producing too much melanin and that increased pigmentation can result in age spots.
What is the treatment for Age Spots and Sun Damage?
Fraxel re:store dual treatment, as exclusively used by Ageless Clinics, effectively treats age spots and other pigment irregularities on and off the face.
Fraxel re:store dual treatment utilises the revolutionary thulium laser that has proven to be the gold standard in removal of pigmentation caused hormonally ( melasma or oral contraceptive induced pigmentation) as a reaction to uv radiation or by previous ipl skin treatments ( which often leads to increased pigmentation)
Fraxel laser treats one fraction of tissue at a time while leaving healthy skin intact. That is why we prefer Fraxel laser resurfacing in treatment of age spots and sun damage instead of other treatments such as bleaches, freezing, acid washes, pulsed light and traditional laser treatments.