Brown Spots & Sunspots

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The Clearer, Smoother Complexion You Deserve

After a lifetime of accidental sun exposure or even just a few teenage sunburns, your skin can be significantly affected by sun damage. Sun exposure causes the epidermis to become thin, fragile, and blotchy, with hypo and hyperpigmented spots putting you at risk for developing pre-cancerous and cancerous lesions.

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What Are Brown Spots?

Brown spots typically fall into two categories:

Seborrheic keratoses are warty, waxy brown growths that don’t appear until adulthood, unlike moles or birthmarks. These harmless, raised lesions tend to run in families and are completely harmless, but they can be visually unappealing, and their protrusion can cause them to become irritated by clothing or jewelry.

Solar lentigines, or “age spots,” are round or oval-shaped tan or brown lesions that typically appear on areas of the body that experience high levels of sun exposure, such as the face and the backs of the hands. They are very common after the age of 40 and occur as a results of accumulated sun damage.

There are multiple ways these spots can be addressed. We’ll examine the spot or spots in question and determine the best treatment to fit your individual needs.

What happens to skin with sun damage?

Beneath the surface, the dermis loses elastin proteins, the collagen structure breaks down, hyaluronic acid concentration decreases and blood vessels dilate, making them more readily visible.

What you will see as a result is the texture of your skin can become coarse and acne prone, and—of course—wrinkles form readily in areas of facial expression and skin folds. All of this can be summarized as accelerated photo-aging of the skin.

There is no single treatment for all the different components of sun-damaged skin. A board certified dermatologist who can properly diagnose and manage any pre-cancer and cancer lesions, both medically and surgically, can plan and implement treatments that are effective and appropriate for you and your skin.

Chemical Peels

Customized Formulations

Chemical peels remove the top layers of skin to reveal healthy new skin underneath.

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Cosmetic Cryotherapy

Performed by a Dermatologist

Cosmetic cryotherapy involves using liquid nitrogen to freeze the brown spot off the body, although it may take about two weeks for the spot to fall off completely.

IPL

Intense Pulsed Light

IPL, or “intense pulsed light,” targets pigmentation in your skin, and delivers heat into that area to break up the pigmentation and absorb it back into your body.

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Laser Skin Resurfacing

High Intensity Light

Laser skin resurfacing passes high-intensity light deep beneath the skin's surface to trigger new collagen formation.

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Shave Removal

Surgical Removal

During a shave removal, our dermatologists will apply topical anesthetic to the brown spot before using a surgical scalpel to carefully shave away the top layer of skin.

Skincare

ZO® Skin Health, SkinCeuticals®, EltaMD®

We also have a number of specialty skin care products available that can help address brown spots. Your dermatologist will recommend the product that’s best for you.

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