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    • Avoid frequent and intense sun exposure
    • Apply sunscreen
    • Wear clothes that cover up arms and legs
    • Wear a hat to protect the face from sun exposure

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    Symptoms

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    Contact your provider if experiencing new, severe, or persistent symptoms.

    A harmless condition and symptoms are:

    • Painless dark spots on the skin
    • Occur mostly on sun-exposed areas such as face and hands
    • Darkening of skin

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    Causes

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    Risk factors include:

    • Age spots occur due to excessive production of melanin pigment which results from overexposure to UV rays from the sunlight
    • Age spots can also result from the use of commercial tanning lamps and tanning beds
    • Sun exposure
    • Age - it is more common among 50 years or older people

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    Complications

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    Age spots might make it difficult to diagnose skin cancers. Please consult the doctor, if you notice a sudden increase in age spots, particular spot changing colour and size.

    • People with age spots can have emotional distress due to their appearance

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    Treatment

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    Usually, age spots do not need any treatment. Prescription creams or procedures to lighten or remove the age spots are of help when necessary.

    Medication

    Prescription bleaching creams: Lighten spots.

    Hydroquinone

    Retinoids: Fade spots.

    Tretinoin

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  2. Key takeaways:

    • Age spots are brown or gray blotches caused by exposure to the sun. They’re usually nothing to worry about.
    • Age spots don’t require medical treatment, but you may want to lighten or remove them for cosmetic reasons. This isn’t typically covered by health insurance plans.
    • See a dermatologist, since blemishes that look like age spots can be precancerous or skin cancer.
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