Skin Discoloration Mars Facial Beauty

Aging may result in skin discoloration that mars facial beauty.

How does skin discoloration occur? As you age, you skin becomes thinner, thereby exposing the underlying blood vessels under your skin. As a result, any minor injury may cause extravasation of blood into the surrounding tissues, causing skin bruising. This is the reason why the skin of the elderly becomes easily bruised.

To avoid skin discoloration or to prevent skin bruising, do the following:

(1) Beware of the use of any anti-clotting medication.

(2) Check if you have a bleeding disorder.

(3) Wear long-sleeve clothing to reduce friction or trauma to skin.

In addition to skin bruising, skin discoloration can result from age spots or photoaging spots. These are light to dark brown patches or spots on the face, hands, feet or legs. These unsightly freckle-like spots may sometimes cluster together. Age spots may be due to the genetic factor, or over exposure to the sun. Always protect your skin from the sun.

Melasma are irregular brown patches on the face, especially on the upper cheek, nose, lips, and forehead. Melasma is often caused by over stimulation of pigment-producing skin cells as a result of hormonal changes associated with aging. You may be more susceptible to melasma if you have the following:

(1) genetic disposition

(2) light-brown skin

(3) too much sun exposure

(4) thyroid disease

(5) allergic reactions to certain medications

(6) hormonal changes, such as giving birth, stopping oral contraceptives, or taking hormone replacement therapy.

Poikiloderma of Civatte is a reddish brown patch on the skin, where there is thinning, increased pigmentation, and dilation of blood vessels. This skin discoloration may be due to chronic exposure to the sun, and photosensitizing chemicals in costmetics and perfumes.

Skin discoloration not only mars your facial beauty, but also makes you look much older.

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