Specialist in Adana for lentigo disease and its treatment. Dr. You can make an appointment with Pınar Bozkurt dermatology clinic.
Freckles (Efelid) occur after exposure to the sun in light-skinned people. Lesions with clear borders, round or oval, brown spots; especially in red-haired and fair-skinned people, it is seen on the face, shoulders and upper middle parts of the chest.
Age spots (SenilLentigo) are permanent, benign, round or oval, brown spots that appear on sun-damaged skin. Typically in elderly patients, the back of the hand, cheeks and forehead are the most involved areas.
Sun protection reduces the number of new lesions. Local lightening creams (containing hydroquinone, tretinoin, adapalene), chemical peeling, cryotherapy and laser treatments are the treatment options that can be applied.
Freckle Treatment with Laser
Freckles (ephelides) are small brown spots seen mostly in people with fair skin and red hair, blue, green or hazel eyes. They appear in the early stages of life and multiply in the summer and lighten in the winter.
Freckles occur on areas that are more exposed to the sun, such as the face, hands, chest and back. These brown spots are caused by a buildup of melanin, a pigment produced by the skin. The amount of melanin in the body determines the skin tone of individuals. When exposed to the sun, the skin produces more melanin as a reaction to reduce the damage from UV rays. This causes the accumulation of melanin and thus the formation of freckles.
If you don't want freckles on your skin, the most effective precaution is to protect yourself from the sun. In this way, our body does not produce melanin. Freckles on the face do not turn into skin cancer. However, those with freckles are more sensitive to sunlight.
Freckles may resemble age spots (lentigos). However, age spots appear later in life and can occur on any type of skin.
How to Treat Freckles
Freckle treatment is often performed for cosmetic reasons. The aim of freckle treatment is to eliminate freckles and sometimes to reduce color and clarity. After freckle treatment, relapses can be seen with sun exposure. There are many freckle treatments available today. Each freckle treatment method provides benefits at different rates. The most successful freckle treatments are laser freckle treatments. People with fair skin get the best results. It is useful to take a test shot in dark-skinned people.
Cream for freckles: Spot lightening creams can be used, but the results are insufficient.
Chemical peeling: Especially medium and deep peeling should be used.
cryotherapy
Dermabrasion: Freckles will go away with skin peeling surgery.
Laser treatments:
• Q switch Nd: YAG (532 nm) laser ( KTP laser)
• Q switch alendrite (755 nm) laser
• Q switch ruby (694 nm) laser
• Erbium Yag laser
• CO2 laser
• Fractional lasers
Freckle Treatment with Laser
It is the most successful freckle treatment method today. Especially with Q Switched Nd Yag laser, freckles can be treated. Obviously, the results of treatments with other lasers cannot be like those with Q Switched Nd Yag laser.
This laser has a special wavelength of its own and freckle treatment is performed at this wavelength. Therefore, patients who want to have freckle treatment should request a Q-switched Nd Yag laser, not any laser. Several sessions may be required to remove freckles. After laser freckle treatment, there will be slight redness on the skin. The application will be made on each freckle one by one.
After a few days, there will be redness, this redness will turn into a transparent crust. This crust will fall off after 5-7 days and your freckles will have disappeared. Sometimes an additional laser session is required after 1 month for freckles that do not go away and lighten.
Thanks to laser spot treatment, you will not be distracted from your daily activities.
In summary, it is possible to get rid of your freckles in 1-2 sessions with the Q Switched Nd Yag Laser.
Patients who come to our clinic to be examined can remove the question marks in their minds by looking at the previous and next pictures about freckle treatment.
In Which Areas Can Laser Freckle Treatment Be Applied?
Freckle treatment with laser is mostly applied in the face area. Cheeks, upper nose, cheekbones, upper lip, forehead, chin, ear are the areas where freckles are frequently observed. Apart from this, freckles or sunspots can be seen on the sun-exposed neck, décolleté, upper chest, shoulders, back, arms and hands, and the treatment of the lesions here can also be done with laser.
Laser Freckle Treatment Prices
Laser freckle treatment 2023 prices may vary according to the prevalence of freckles. The prices of common freckle treatment covering the whole face and freckle treatment prices in only one area will be different. Again with laser, sunspots and freckles can be treated in areas such as body parts, shoulders, back, arms and hands. The combination of the areas to be treated is a factor in determining the freckle treatment fee. Each patient's freckle treatment fee is different. will be. You can learn about the prices of freckle treatment by consulting your doctor and by examination.
