Have you ever looked in the mirror and noticed changes in your skin that seemed to come about overnight? When it comes to dark spots on the skin, you certainly aren’t alone. Many people develop age spots, also called liver spots, sun spots, or their medical name, lentigines.
If you reside in or near Tomball, Texas, you have access to a range of treatment options for age spots. The team at New Life Wellness and Medical Spa are here to help, and offer personalized consultations to help you navigate your treatment options and find the best path for your needs.
Age spots are dark areas of skin, usually in small patches that look like freckles. They can be different sizes, and you might notice only one or two spots or a cluster of them. Age spots can be just slightly darker than your skin, or could be much darker, reaching a deep brown shade.
Age spots won’t usually fade over time, so treatment is the best way to get rid of them. Age spots are more common in people over the age of 50, but they can occur at any age if you’ve had significant sun exposure in your life.
There are a few different treatment options that can help lighten the appearance of age spots. For some, treatment even eliminates these darkened areas of skin completely.
If you’re searching for a way to lessen the appearance of age spots without any form of light therapy, chemical peels are a great option. This treatment uses any of a number of different chemical solutions to remove the outermost layers of skin.
New Life Wellness and Medical Spa offers the VI® Peel, an industry-leading chemical peel that delivers outstanding results. Your practitioner can customize the “depth” of the peel according to your treatment needs and how sensitive you are to the peel. It may take a series of peels to achieve optimal results, but you’ll see improvement after your initial treatment.
Microneedling triggers your body’s natural healing response. During treatments, your practitioner moves the SkinPen handpiece, which has tiny, sterile needles, across the surface of your skin. These needles create miniscule punctures in the outermost layers of your skin.
Your body responds to those punctures with a strong healing reaction. It creates new collagen and skin cells, while breaking apart concentrations of pigment and reducing the appearance of age spots.
New Life Wellness and Medical Spa has invested in the ThreeForMe laser treatment platform from Cynosure®, one of the most trusted names in medical aesthetics. This innovative treatment combines multiple modalities to deliver impressive results.
During your visit, intense pulsed light (IPL) therapy directs scattered light into your skin. This triggers a healing reaction that eliminates concentrations of pigment, including age spots. Next, your practitioner makes a second pass over your skin, this time using fractional laser technology to stimulate skin tightening and collagen renewal.
ThreeForMe is a great option if you’d like to achieve skin tightening and wrinkle reduction in addition to lightening your age spots. IPL is also available as a stand-alone treatment.
If you’re ready to say goodbye to age spots or other areas of hyperpigmentation, a face-to-face consultation at New Life Wellness and Medical Spa should be your first step. Book your visit with the practice online or over the phone.
