The reasons why you have them are varied, but each and every one because of the sun appear. If you’re in the vast majority that have any kind of stain and do not want, therefore, have to hide your skin, follow our advice and treatment is your spot to end once and for all.
You know how to defend against free radicals produced by solar radiation skin pigment, is colored. This results in the tan … and stains. Because when this melanin overproduction is a disorderly way, there may be an excess in some areas and an irregular distribution. The spots on the skin are one of the aesthetic problems of greatest concern to women, affecting one woman in three. Difficult to solve, if not impossible, it is important to determine its origin to find out what treatment needs. The first thing to do is go to a dermatologist, setting the origin is an increase of cells (melanocytes) or an increase of melanin (pigment) … In the first case, we would be talking about a lunar-benign-or -malignant melanoma. But, once discarded these options, would be speaking of stains without any risk whose problem is mainly aesthetic. Within this group, there are two types of stains, determined by the cause that made them appear. Those caused by photoaging, ie because of the sun (called lentigines) and those with congenital hormonal origin (called melasma).
What is yours? It is easy to distinguish, alert:
Hormonal melasma spots
Where to go? Normally in the forehead, upper lip, chin, cheeks … distributed symmetrically.
How are they? Irregular borders and dark color that varies in intensity.
Why go? Its origins are hormonal changes such as pregnancy, birth control pills, etc. and / or genetic predisposition although, as in all stain, his appearance is stimulated by exposure to UV radiation and therefore are more evident in summer and winter is clarified.
Who will go? A female brown matte skin (skin types III and IV) more often during pregnancy and while taking oral contraceptives. Clearly related to hormonal stimulation, and particularly with the presence of estrogen, in any case, appears due to sun exposure.
The sunspots or lentigines
Where to go? Alone or in groups of three or four, especially in areas of sun-exposed skin: face, hands, arms, shoulders, legs, back, etc.
How are they? They have a round or oval and at first have a pale beige, with a tendency to darken with age.
Why go? For repeated sun exposure over the years.
Who will go? They are more common in light skin types (blond or red hair.) The first lentigines arising around fifty years, even before the people who spend time outdoors or repeatedly exposed to the sun.
