As you will soon find out most liver spot removal options revolve around lightening the spots to make them more harmonious with the rest of the skin.
Best laser treatment for liver spots.
What are the best products to remove age spots.
Some lasers like picosure and enlighten treat liver spots by targeting the excess pigment when a laser shines on your skin the dark patches absorb more energy and suffer damage explains new york city dermatologic surgeon dr.
Laser light treatment is a flash similar to a camera flash the frequency of that light is best absorbed by the dark pigmented spots in the skin.
Age spot treatments include.
The darker colored skin cells die and are removed while the lighter colored skin cells remain unharmed.
The treatments might cause temporary itching redness burning or dryness.
The most effective treatment is a laser that specifically targets pigment.
Applying prescription bleaching creams hydroquinone alone or with retinoids tretinoin and a mild steroid might gradually fade the spots over several months.
If the spots are deemed benign they can be treated with laser or freezing with liquid nitrogen.
After one or two treatments it can significantly lighten and even remove brown spots.
Some age spots can be lightened with peels and prescription creams as well dr.
This should destroy some of the color pigment of your age spots.
For this treatment your doctor will apply liquid nitrogen or another freezing solution to your age spots using a cotton tipped swab.