How can I treat brown spots myself?
Topical lightening agents such as kojic acid and hydroquinone will fade brown spots over time, but that can require a long wait. In this video, dermatologist Dr. Ellen Marmur explains how you can treat brown spots at home.
Transcript
If you want to reverse some brown spots that you have really need to think about things that help protect your skin and also exfoliate.
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You can treat brown spots yourself at home with some very simple measures. First of all, try not to make the brown spots.
If your brown spots come from you popping your pimples and leaving brown stains on your skin, try stop popping.
Don't pop. Don't pick. Also, protect your skin. So use your sunscreen every day. It's really going to help from getting the sun spots.
And also, if you already have a little brown spot, you know it'll get darker in the sun. So use your sun protection. So don't pick, don't pop, and protect your skin.
If you want to reverse some brown spots that you have, you really need to think about things that help protect your skin and also exfoliate.
So you want to try something like cocoa butter that has some vitamin E in it, as well as some vitamin A, which
you know is retina. That'll help exfoliate, you've got some antioxidants in it, and it'll also moisturize your skin, so it can heal thyself.
You can look for products that have vitamin C in them. If you want to try something at home, you can make a little mask for yourself
with some orange juice-- that's got your vitamin C in it-- and a little bit of yogurt, which is going to help with the lactic acid as well,
and also moisturize. So those two things, the vitamin C, and the lactic acid will help peel away the brown spot,
and then the yogurt will also help heal your skin. So there's lots you can do. You can prevent your brown spots, but you can also reverse them as well.
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