Skin Care Clinic: Changes that Come with Age

Age spots or liver spots are brown blemishes usually associated with the aging process and extreme exposure to sunlight. Age spots are flat, unlike moles, and range in color from light brown to black. You can generally find these spots on the areas of your skin most exposed to the sun, such as on your arms, face, shoulders, and forehead. Age spots on the hands are extremely common.

Age spots are caused by a lifetime of sun damage. Pass the age of 40, your skin simply becomes less able to cope with and regenerate from sun damage. Some correlation between stress levels has also been found. Instead of healing naturally, age spots develop excessive pigmentation in the skin.

Telangietasias, better known as Spider Veins, are tiny blood vessels near the skin's surface, usually only a few millimeters long. Spider veins are similar to varicose veins, only smaller and closer to your top layer of skin. They tend to be red or blue in color and are often shaped like a jagged tree branches or a spider's web, thus the name. And just like varicose veins, spider veins serve no function, so there is no problem with spider vein removal.

Spider veins are most common on the nose, cheeks, and chin, but can also form on legs, mostly around the upper thigh, knee joint, and ankle. Spider veins occur because of poor blood circulation. Blood leaks back into the veins and pools there. Spider veins can also be caused by hormone changes, hereditary factors, sun damage, and rosacea.

Both Age Spots and Spider Veins can be effectively treated with IPL Photofacialtechnique at BodyByGeoff Skin Care, with Dr. Robert Bunn in 2-4 visits.

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