Main causes and treatments
Hiding your dark spots with a heavy long-wear foundation and concealer and being quite insecure about your skin is definitely not something one would wish for. Obviously, just like any other kind of imperfection, you should not be terribly embarrassed about it.
Moreover, in most cases, they don’t indicate any health issues you need to be concerned with. As most skin care pros note, apart from being the post-acne marks on your skin, which fade over time, dark spots may appear on your face due to the lack of proper sun protection and overexposure to the direct and severe sunlight. That factor leads to particularly intense pigmentary changes associated with the skin aging older people, who have been exposed to the sun a lot throughout their life, know too well.
Your lifestyle affects your skin’s condition as well. Thus, people, who smoke, have a lot of stress in their daily life, don’t care for their skin properly, don’t eat healthily and whose bodies lack vitamins may notice some dark spots showing up here and there on their faces.
At the same time, the sudden appearance of such spots, which may not be explained by the issues described above, should make you think about booking an appointment with a dermatologist and endocrinologist to determine their origins and catch possible illnesses (like cancer or diabetes) in the early stages. In fact, taking into consideration the growing number of people, who get diagnosed with cancer and other horrible diseases dark facial spots might indicate, any suspicious spot emergence must be discussed with your doctor.
If the spots aren’t related to the major health conditions, the first thing you should do is to terminate the negative impact of the factors, related to the emergence of the dark spots. Besides, you may address the services of skin care pros or cosmetologists (you may find them on HireRush.com) to conduct one of the skin hyperpigmentation removal procedures or get the corresponding (and less harsh) treatment (night creams, serums, etc.).
Chemical peels, laser facial resurfacing, microaggression and a number of other treatments are designed to solve acne and hyper-pigmentation problems and smooth out your skin. Salicylic acid-based skin care products have an anti-hyperpigmentation effect as well. Cosmopolitan.com featured a great article on the common skin care products you may use to eliminate post-acne dark spots,
Meanwhile, you may try these natural homemade remedies to remove dark spots on your face, as well as take prevention measures.
Ways to get rid of dark spots on your face
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Prevent further appearance
If you know that your skin is quite sensitive to the sunlight, try to avoid direct exposure as much as you can. Make sure to put your sunscreen on at least 20 minutes before leaving the house and wear light, but concealing clothes to eliminate direct contact between the sun rays and your skin.
Wearing sunscreen on sunny winter days is essential as well. If you tend to forget about it, choose the foundation that has SPF 20-30.
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Lemon juice treatment
The acidic lemon juice contains helps to lighten the dark spots up and reduce them after the consistent application. You just need to squeeze some juice out of a fresh lemon, apply it right onto the imperfections preferably twice a day, wait for the juice to dry and rinse your face with warm water.
Make sure to test your skin’s reaction to the lemon juice on a small area of your wrist first not to get a terrible allergic rash on your face. If everything goes well, you may use lemon juice as instructed above until you reach positive results.
You may also switch things up and try the lemon and sugar scrub (dip the edge of a lemon half into some sugar, gently rub your face with it and wash your face once the scrub on it is dry). -
Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera is highly beneficial for our skin due to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory features, as well as the vitamins, minerals and enzymes it contains.
If you massage its juice into the affected skin, it will not only help you get rid of the dark spots but also work as the protector against the UV radiation.Suitable for different skin types, rarely causes any allergic reactions, works best when freshly squeezed out of a plant leaf and applied twice a day.
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Onion and garlic mix
Just as the previous remedies, this one is designed to lighten the spots and make them fade/disappear. And, you need to use it fresh and apply directly onto the skin with a cotton disk/q-tip twice a day for a faster effect.
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Raw potato
People have been using potatoes to improve the state of their skin and get rid of the blemishes for a long time. It will work on dark spots too. The only thing is that you should get an organic potato, slice it up and rub against your skin to make the imperfections fade. Again, remember to use it twice a day.
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Honey to treat dark spots
Honey is a liquid gold in the organic world. It’s a natural antibiotic, skin moisturizer, mask, scrub and whatever you need it to be.
For the dark spot removal sake, apply it onto the blemishes with a q-tip, leave it on your skin for an hour (or even overnight) and rinse your face with warm water.
