He was using a sun spot bleaching cream and it was working well. The spots were fading. Then he was invited out on his buddy’s boat. No amount of sunscreen in the world could protect him from the disastrous results. His sun spots became darker, larger and  more grew on his face and arms.

A single day of sun will undo months of bleaching sun spots, according to The American Osteopathic College of Dermatology.

Sun spots are clumps of melanin. When melanin production is normal, you get a tan. When something goes wrong–and they don’t know what that is–melanin clumps. Add some UV rays from the sun and more melanin cells will join the clump.

To bleach sun spots, stay out of the sun. And find a skin bleaching cream made with natural acids. 

• Kojic acid works to inhibit new melanin in skin cells.
• Doctors categorize alpha arbuton as an alternative medicine. It inhibits melanin.
• Vitamins C and B3 can be effective.
• Azaleic acid is good.

 How to use an all-natural bleaching cream.

 Put it only where you need it. There will be no waste, which means less expense.

1. Dab it on the dark mark with a finger or Q-tip
2. It’s natural so it’s safe. Leave it on and let it work.
3. You can use it twice a day, for weeks to wash out the color of sun spots.

This layer of skin lightener will not protect a sun spot from ultra-violet rays. No SPF or natural acid on earth will prevent it.

Skin bleaching products used to be for the face only. No surprise there. The face is always exposed. Melanin clumped.

Now they’re using these natural bleaches to lighten overall skin tone.

• There are no side effects even using big amounts to cover a whole body. 
• So there is no question swabbing it on small areas – such as sun spots – is safe.

 To find a sun spot cream with kojic acid, click here.

To find out what you need to know about sunspots, click here.

Sun spots appear when the skin pigment melanin absorbs the energy of harmful ultraviolet rays. The melanin response is natural, protecting the skin from overexposure. The usual result is a skin tan. 

A sun spot is an unusual result called hyperpigmentation.

• The melanin forms into clumps of darker cells.
• Once sunspots appear, sun only makes them worse.
• According to the American Osteopathic College of Dermatology, a single day of sun undoes months of sun spot treatment. 

Many people try skin fading, or skin lightening.

• Natural substances work to inhibit melanin production.
• As skin naturally replenishes, new cells contain less and less melanin.
• The natural ingredients kojic acid and arbuton hinder melanin production.
• Kojic acid and arbuton are the basis of modern over-the-counter skin lighteners.
• Surgery for sunspots is extreme. Dermatologists utilize lasers to blast melanin-rich cells. 

Hydroquinone 

It is also possible to treat sun spots with hydroquinone, in prescription and over-the-counter strength. It’s a chemical agent tightly regulated by the FDA after animal studies found hydroquinone may be cancer-causing. 

Health note: Studies from Africa show another risk, of a serious skin disorder called ochronosis. Hydroquinone is banned in any skin product in the EU and Japan.

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