LIVER OR AGE SPOTS
April 9th, 2009 | Posted by admin | Category: General healthNo Comments
Description and Possible Medical Problems
You may think of your grandmother when you hear the term “liver spots,” and you may be alarmed when you begin to see these flat, reddish-brown patches on the backs of your hands and other parts of your body that have been exposed to the sun. Don’t worry … it happens to the best of us!
Liver or age spots, also known as senile lentigines, begin to appear after the age of 50 and are a normal sign of aging.
Some people decide to treat their liver spots by bleaching them or by using cover-up creams to hide them. Others choose to have them removed with cryotherapy, in which the spot is frozen with liquid nitrogen, then removed.
Many people choose to leave liver spots alone, because they don’t grow larger or darker with time. After all, they do serve as a badge of all the experiences you’ve had in your life.
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