Senile Plaque (Age Spots) Treatment

Age spots, also known as seborrheic keratosis, are a kind of spot-like or patchy benign pigmented lesions in the elderly. However, due to various conditions such as the current environment and poor cosmetics, the age of senile plaques is getting younger and younger. Some women began to have age spots in their 30s.

Age spots can occur in any part of the body, it is common with the head, face, trunk and upper limbs. Some are spot-like, some are patchy, the color is brown, black or dark brown, the appearance of age spots is mostly due to long-term exposure to ultraviolet light / sun. Some age spots will bulge slightly on the surface of the skin, and the color of the spots will slowly increase with age.

How to treat the age spots?

1. For age spots with a diameter of less than 3mm, it can be directly used with E-light equipment. It can be done according to the method of removing freckles. The color of the stains is deepened at the clinical end point, the operation part is slightly red and swollen, and the patient is accompanied by a burning tingling sensation. The spots are raised on the surface of the skin.

2. For age spots (small area) protruding from the skin, it can be stripped off by the pulse mode of co2 fractional laser, and the age spots can be directly peeled off, but the area is not too large.

3, For large areas of age spots, commonly used Q-switched / picosecond to remove. Using a wavelength of 1064 nm, the frequency is 2-4 Hz, the energy is adjusted from 400 mj, the spot diameter is from large to small, and the color of the stain is obviously faded at the clinical end point, and the delayed reaction may be diffuse bleeding.

The senile plaque operation interval is 1 month, usually 1-3 courses.

Note: The age spots will be scarred after operation, the skin is thicker and itchy, it is strictly prohibited to scratch, and the sunscreen must be worn before going out.