Health and Fitness

Spots on your skin often marks the onset of middle age and are called liver spots, age spots, senile lentigines or solar lentigines. They are all the same thing. Some people are predisposed to getting age spots genetically and others are exposed to skin damage from the sun.

Age spots can appear on any skin that has been exposed to the sun, such as the back of the hands, face, feet and back. Getting rid of them requires patience and time. There are home treatments as well as medical procedures performed by dermatologists. If you do not have age spots, how can you prevent them?

Two factors influence the development of age spots – age and the sun. Ageing can’t be stopped so the only way to prevent age spots is by staying out of the sun. Prevention and skin protection starts in your 20’s, preferably younger, as the earlier you start…