How to prevent age spots

Speaking of age spots, it is a nightmare for many middle-aged and elderly people who love beauty. People's skin starts to become loose when they reach middle age, and certain parts of the body are covered with disgusting black spots, making the original skin even more discolored. Therefore, many middle-aged and elderly people want to prevent and treat age spots in time before they appear. So how do you prevent age spots?

The growth locations of age spots vary. Some appear on the face, some on the chest, and some on the hands and feet. Generally speaking, middle-aged and elderly people are prone to form age spots starting at the age of 50. Here I will tell you how to prevent the formation of age spots.

Age spots, whose full name is "senile pigment spots", are also known as seborrheic keratosis in medicine. It refers to a type of lipofuscin pigment plaque that appears on the skin of the elderly. It is a benign epidermal proliferative tumor that usually appears on the face, forehead, back, neck, chest, etc., and sometimes may appear on the upper limbs and other parts. Most of them start to grow after the age of 50 and are more common in elderly people. Experts found that as the average age of the population increases, age spots are not common among the elderly, accounting for only 27%.

Characteristics: 1. They usually grow on the face, hands, limbs and other parts of the body. They are mostly large spots, irregular, and asymmetrically distributed. The range is generally smaller than that of melasma. They often grow on the edges of the face and the back of the hands. They have obvious boundaries with healthy tissues and are related to premature aging. 2. The causes of this disease are the gradual decline of skin function, reduced ability to excrete free radicals, endocrine disorders, weakened visceral function, poor blood circulation and long-term exposure to sunlight. 3. Excessive mental fatigue and excessive damage to the brain's meridians and cells, causing symptoms to appear on the surface. It is an undesirable keratotic lesion. It looks like small pieces of mud stuck to the leather surface. Generally, lesions on the face and body are larger, more raised and darker in color, while lesions on the limbs, hands or ankles are usually smaller, flatter and lighter in color.

Causes: 1. After entering old age, the cell metabolism function declines, the body fat is easily oxidized, and age pigments are produced. This pigment cannot be excreted from the body, so it is deposited on the cell body, forming age spots. 2. When people reach old age, their metabolism begins to decline, the decline of cell function accelerates year by year, and blood circulation tends to slow down. In addition, changes in the dietary structure of the elderly and the imbalance in the intake of animal and plant fats have caused tiny brown particles called lipofuscin to accumulate in the basal cells of the skin. Aging tissue cells lose their proper decomposition and rejection functions, resulting in the accumulation of excessive brown particles in the local cell basal layer, thus forming age spots on the human body surface. 3. The activity of superoxide dismutase, which has an antioxidant effect in the elderly, is reduced, and the free radicals increase relatively. The free radicals and the peroxidation reactions induced by them result in long-term poisoning of the organism. During the metabolism process, the human body produces a substance called "free radicals", namely lipofuscin pigment. This pigment accumulates on the surface of the human body and forms age spots.

How to prevent age spots

The appearance of age spots is a manifestation of cell function decline, which is formed by the accumulation of certain wastes during cell metabolism. Age spots not only exist on the skin, but also in the tissues of various organs, affecting the normal functions of various organs. If deposited on the blood vessel walls, they will cause fibrous lesions in the blood vessels and lead to arteriosclerosis. When they accumulate in large quantities in brain cells, they will cause neurosis in the elderly, leading to memory impairment, depression, and even Alzheimer's disease. Don't take it lightly.

To prevent cell aging and reduce or delay the appearance of age spots, we should first adjust the fat content in food, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, take some drugs that inhibit fat peroxidation regularly, and also perform laser treatment, which can effectively prevent unsaturated fatty acids from producing lipofuscin pigments. It can not only make age spots disappear, but also treat other geriatric diseases, such as lack of essence and energy, blurred vision and many other symptoms.

In addition, you should participate in physical activities appropriately and avoid prolonged sun exposure and abnormal stimulation. Laser freckle removal can also be used to prevent age spots; traditional treatments include: scraping with a sharp spoon, excision, freezing, drug corrosion, etc. Current research has shown that the only way to prevent or reduce the development of age spots is to increase the amount of antioxidants in the body. Vitamin E is an ideal antioxidant that can prevent unsaturated fatty acids from producing lipofuscin pigments. Vitamin E can prevent the formation of lipofuscin, and has the effect of scavenging free radicals and prolonging life. In addition to taking a certain amount of vitamin E as prescribed by a doctor, the elderly can also eat more foods rich in vitamin E, such as vegetable oils, cereals, beans, dark green plants, as well as animal foods such as liver, eggs and dairy products. It is also necessary to adjust the intake ratio of animal fat and plant fat (the normal ratio is 1:2) and change the eating habits of rejecting meat and preferring vegetarian food. In addition, keep your mood happy and your bowel movements smooth. Eat more fresh vegetables, especially onions, radishes, celery, spinach, almonds, dates, etc. In addition, exposed parts of the body should avoid prolonged exposure to ultraviolet rays. Do not scratch age spots with your hands and do not abuse irritating topical medications. If necessary, you can use 5% fluorouracil ointment, liquid nitrogen freezing or laser treatment under the guidance of a doctor to eliminate age spots.

After reading the detailed answer to the question above on how to prevent the formation of age spots, I believe that many elderly patients already know how to effectively prevent age spots. First of all, you need to adjust the fat content in your food, eat more green fruits and vegetables, and avoid sun exposure. In addition, you should take more vitamin E, etc. Never scratch age spots with your hands, and don't abuse drugs. If you really feel unwell, it is best to go to the hospital to consult a doctor.