How to remove age spots on the face at home

Types of age spots

Products for eliminating pigmentation are selected depending on the type of cosmetic defect. There are 4 types of age spots that form on the skin:

• chloasma;
• lentigo;
• moles;
• freckles.

Chloasma

Chloasma is a pigmented formation, colored brown. Smooth spots vary in shape, size, color, and outline. They occur mainly in women during pregnancy. Such formations are usually not eliminated. After the baby is born, the pigmentation disappears without a trace .

If chloasma is not associated with pregnancy, it is necessary to examine the internal organs. The formation of brown spots is caused by gynecological diseases, taking oral contraceptives, liver disease, and excessive exposure to direct sunlight.

Pigmentation disappears after the root cause is eliminated. The doctor, having identified the provoking factor, prescribes appropriate treatment. Chloasma is not eliminated by cosmetic methods.

Lentigo

Condensed dark brown or brown spots that rise above the skin are called lentigo. Formations of various sizes with an oval, oblong or rounded shape are sharply outlined. They scatter on the face, covering small or large areas of skin.

The appearance of lentigo is influenced by age-related changes occurring in the human body. There are 2 types of stains:

1. Childhood lentigo. Formations occur in children under 10 years of age. Then they disappear spontaneously. There is no cure for childhood lentigo.
2. Senile lentigo. Pigmentation forms in old age. The diameter of the spots reaches 2 cm. They get rid of such age spots on the face in beauty salons.

Moles

Nevi are pigmented formations of different shapes and sizes. Spots of red and pink shades are formed from blood and lymphatic vessels. They are difficult to remove and treat.

Dark formations develop under the influence of melanin, a pigment substance that is synthesized in excess quantities in the body. It is forbidden to get rid of them at home.

Not every mole will be removed at a beauty salon. The procedure can lead to serious consequences that threaten health.

Freckles

A scattering of reddish-brown small spots on a woman’s face is considered an adornment. However, not every owner of freckles is ready to put up with their presence. Pigmentation occurs when exposed to sunlight or UV radiation in fair-skinned people.

Freckles appear on the skin of the face and hands in the spring. In autumn, the spots begin to fade. Throughout the cold period they remain barely noticeable or disappear without a trace until spring.

It is impossible to remove freckles forever. Such pigmentation can be lightened with home or pharmacy remedies. Under their influence, the spots become almost invisible. The occurrence of freckles is prevented by protecting the skin from UV rays.

Why do age spots appear?

Pigment spots often appear in women during pregnancy and are a consequence of hormonal imbalance in the body.
As a rule, during the first postpartum menstruation, the spots disappear without a trace. But most often age spots occur in older people. This is due to the fact that with age there is a disruption in the metabolism of the natural pigment melanin, the amount of which directly affects the color of the skin (the more of it, the darker the skin). As a result of this process, age spots are formed. In addition, over the years, the skin becomes thinner, drier, and is easily exposed to sunlight. For those who are forced to spend a lot of time in the sun, brown or almost black spots appear in large numbers on those parts of the body that are most exposed to it (on the face, neck, shoulders, upper chest and back of the hands), which are called “age spots”, “old man’s buckwheat”, “liver spots”. Such age spots usually occur among summer residents who work on their plots from early spring to late autumn, neglecting the basic rules of protection from ultraviolet rays. And for this you just need to put on a light cotton jacket with long sleeves, a wide-brimmed hat on your head, and thread gloves on your hands.

Sometimes age spots occur due to a lack of folic acid. To replenish it, you need to eat more vegetables, lettuce, cabbage.

Pharmacy drugs

Pharmacy products help whiten age spots. The pigment disintegrates under the influence of:

• hydrogen peroxide;
• ammonia and boric alcohol;
• white clay;
• peach kernel oils.

The following bleaching compositions are prepared from pharmaceutical preparations:

1. To 5 ml of hydrogen peroxide add 5 ml of ammonia and 10 ml of boric alcohol. Use the prepared solution to wipe problem areas of the skin 2 times a day.
2. Hydrogen peroxide without additives perfectly brightens the skin . A cotton pad is soaked in a 3% solution and wiped over the skin. Pigment spots are treated twice a day. The healing liquid dries the epidermis. To protect the epithelial tissue from drying out, the face is treated with a moisturizer.
3. A brightening mask is prepared from white clay. Add a little water to 1 teaspoon of baking soda and 2 teaspoons of clay. The ingredients are mixed until pasty. The resulting mass is applied to the brown stain and washed off after half an hour.
4. Lightening of spots occurs if you lubricate the skin with peach oil at night. It is applied to previously cleansed skin.

Prevention

Based on the reasons that provoke the formation of age spots, the following preventive measures can be distinguished:

• promptly treat concomitant diseases;
• maintain normal hormonal levels;
• the food table should be as fortified and healthy as possible;
• avoid injury to the epidermis;
• do not “roast” under the bright sun;
• use only proven cosmetic products;
• try to create a positive emotional atmosphere around yourself.

Hyperpigmentation of the skin is a rather unpleasant defect that you want to get rid of as soon as possible. There are quite a lot of such methods: cosmetic, medicinal, folk. It all depends on the price and severity of the disease. For example, freckles can be removed at home, but vitiligo or lentigo cannot be removed without medical help and cosmetic procedures.

Facial wipes

To successfully whiten pigmented skin, plant extracts are used. They are prepared like this:

1. Rice broth. The grain is washed, filled with water, and boiled until tender. The broth is filtered and allowed to cool. Used to wipe problem areas on the face. The product is used to make ice cubes, which are used to wipe the pigmentation areas.
2. Parsley. Boil 250 ml of water, add 1 tablespoon of raw materials to it. Place on the stove and simmer for 5 minutes. Let it brew for 30 minutes. The extract is filtered and used to treat problem skin. Option 2 is also used: the infusion is poured into an ice tray and frozen. Rub the areas with pigmentation with ice cubes. The procedure is carried out 2 times a day.
3. Extract from dandelion, bearberry, yarrow or licorice. Add any herb (1 tablespoon) to 250 ml of boiling water. Let it boil, simmer for 5 minutes, leave for half an hour to infuse, filter. Wipe the face with the extract twice a day. The extract is frozen in a mold. Ice is used to treat age spots.
4. Lemon effectively whitens pigment formations and freckles. Wipe problematic skin with freshly squeezed juice 2 times a day.

Plant extracts dry out the epithelium. After using them, the face should be lubricated with a nourishing cream.

Masks as a treatment

Masks for whitening brown spots on the face are done twice a week. Lightening compositions are left on the skin for 15-20 minutes. Wash off homemade cosmetics with herbal infusions or plain water. The procedure is completed by applying a cream with a moisturizing effect.

Fresh cucumber mask

Cucumber is an effective natural skin bleach . Use the vegetable in its pure form or in a mixture with other components:

1. The cucumber is turned into a paste and spread on the problem area.
2. Cucumber pulp is combined with olive oil, commercial nourishing cream or lemon juice. The components are taken in equal quantities. The mixture is applied to pigmented areas.
3. Juice from 1 cucumber is combined with 15 ml of aloe juice, 15 ml of dandelion infusion, 15 ml of parsley, 1 teaspoon of cream. The herbs are brewed separately. For 250 ml of boiling water take 1 tablespoon of raw material. Allow the plant extracts to steep for 30 minutes. The ingredients are combined and mixed. Soak a napkin with slits for the eyes in the solution and apply it to the face. The mask cleanses the skin, accelerates epithelial regeneration, and whitens.
4. Take 1 tablespoon of cucumber pulp, add 5 ml of castor oil, 5 ml of lemon juice (or 15 ml of kefir). The mixture is spread on pigmented skin.

Parsley and lemon mask

Take 2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice, liquid honey and finely chopped parsley, mix thoroughly. The mass is applied to areas with pigmentation.

Hydrogen peroxide mask

Burdock oil mixed with a solution of hydrogen peroxide eliminates uneven pigmentation. It is prepared according to this recipe: add 3 drops of peroxide and 3 ml of apple cider vinegar to 6 ml of oil. Wash off the mask with rosehip extract (brew 1 tablespoon of fruit in 250 ml of boiling water, leave for 15 minutes, filter).

Berry masks

The berries contain natural antioxidants and fruit acids that can whiten the skin. Various berries are used to prepare masks:

1. Blackcurrants and viburnum are turned into pulp and the juice is squeezed out. Berries are taken in equal quantities. Add 1 teaspoon of honey to 60 ml of juice. Soak a napkin in the mixture and apply it to your face.
2. Mix raspberry, strawberry and blackcurrant juice. A napkin soaked in the product is applied to pigmented skin. Remove the mask when the fabric is dry.
3. A cocktail of milk, raspberry and strawberry juice helps lighten your skin. The components are mixed in equal proportions. A napkin soaked in liquid is applied to problem areas.
4. Red currant is an effective skin lightening agent. The berries are turned into a paste and combined with oatmeal. The thick mixture is applied to age spots.
5. Whitening mask with gooseberries is suitable for all skin types . The juice from these berries moisturizes and nourishes epithelial tissue and tightens pores. The fruits are ground to a pulp. The resulting mass is applied to problem areas.
6. A mask made from 1 tablespoon of strawberries, ground to a puree, 5 ml of lemon juice and 1 teaspoon of honey has a powerful whitening effect. The prepared pulp is applied to age spots, avoiding contact with the eyebrows (the product is so strong that it instantly lightens the hairs).

Yeast mask with grapefruit juice

Yeast masks brighten and rejuvenate the skin, making it velvety and smooth. To prepare a product with a whitening effect, use the following folk recipe.

Add 15 g of baker's yeast to 10 ml of grapefruit juice. Place the container with the mixture on a pan of hot water. Leave for 2-3 minutes. Apply the mixture to the problem area.

Traditional recipes for pigmentation

If you don’t have salons, don’t despair, so many folk recipes have been invented and tested.

Lemon or grapefruit. Due to vitamin C, these citrus fruits perfectly whiten the skin. Just wipe your face with a cut of these fruits, then rinse with water.

Dairy products are also great for brightening your face. Or you can mix yogurt, sour cream or kefir with honey: two tbsp. spoons of product one teaspoon of honey.

Berries. Miraculously lighten pigment, especially freckles, red currants, viburnum, strawberries, cranberries. A gauze napkin is moistened in the pulp of the berries and covered with it on the face.

Cucumber masks are especially popular.

You can achieve an excellent whitening effect by lubricating your skin with an ice cube.

Grate a fresh cucumber and pour into freezer molds.

Do not leave ice on your face for more than 5 seconds so as not to freeze the top layer of the epidermis.

A mixture of cucumber and lemon gives an amazing whitening effect. Take 2 tbsp. l. cucumber and lemon pulp, mix them with 1 tsp. honey

Kiwi. This fruit contains vitamins C, E and group B. It needs to be peeled, finely crushed to a puree, applied to the cleansed dermis, and left for 20 minutes.

Parsley. For whitening, you can make infusions or ice cubes from the juice or decoction of this plant. Not only age spots will disappear, but also the grayish complexion. Adding lemon pulp to the parsley will help enhance the effect.

Cream for pigment spots

Cosmetics can lighten age spots and regulate melanin production. Your doctor will help you choose the right remedy. Whitening cream is applied to problem areas after using the scrub. It exfoliates dead cells of the epidermis, thanks to which the cream penetrates into the deep layers of the epithelium and more effectively destroys pigment. However, this is not a mandatory condition.

The following products have good brightening properties:

1. Melanative. A cream with natural ingredients eliminates pigmentation, moisturizes and nourishes the skin. It is used before bedtime. At this time, the skin is not exposed to UV rays.
2. Skinoren. The product eliminates age spots and suppresses inflammatory processes on the skin. Azelaic acid destroys melanin, removes its excess from tissues, and normalizes metabolism.
3. Clearvin. Cream based on herbal extracts, with natural antioxidants and vitamin E. The product penetrates deeply into epithelial tissues, regulates the amount of melanin. The cream rejuvenates skin cells, restores blood flow, returns natural color to the face, moisturizes the epidermis, and eliminates water imbalance.
4. Idealia cream from Vichy. The product effectively fights age-related pigmentation and freckles. The components of the drug destroy melanin and accelerate the regeneration of epithelial cells with natural coloring. Idealia protects the skin from the negative effects of UV rays.
5. Green tea is a cosmetic complex from China. The set includes 2 creams - day and night. The drugs promote the decomposition of melanin, prevent the formation of fresh age spots, and rejuvenate the epithelium.
6. Evinal. The product quickly eliminates pigmentation. Has a moisturizing and softening effect on the skin. The placenta, which is part of the cream, rejuvenates epithelial tissue, stimulates the immune system, eliminates water-salt imbalance, destroys melanin, and returns the skin to its natural color.
7. Neoton. The drug eliminates pigment spots on the face, hands, neck and other parts of the body. Its components block the production of melanin and eliminate water and lipid imbalances. The product softens and removes dead cells, forms a protective film on the surface of the skin.

Pharmacy, cosmetic and home remedies with a whitening effect even out the complexion, discolor pigment spots, smooth out uneven skin, and eliminate spider veins. To obtain a sustainable effect, they should be used regularly for 2-3 months.