How much do you know about facial pigmentation treatment? Melasma, brown-cyan moles, freckles, OTA moles, coffee spots, and common facial skin diseases are easily misdiagnosed as pigmentation. There are 4 types: seborrheic keratosis, basal cell carcinoma, flat warts, and sweat duct tumors.
To distinguish them, first look at the age of the spots, then analyze their characteristics, and then choose different treatment methods.：
Children begin to grow facial spots:
It is generally caused by genetic or congenital factors, such as Ota moles and freckles. If it is a large area of blue-black or light brown spots on the skin, it is called "Ota mole", if it is a yellow spot the size of a rice grain, it is called “freckles”; if it is a flaky coffee-colored spot, it is called “coffee spot”.
At present, the treatment of Ota moles uses Q-switched laser treatment, which can cure the disease without recurrence. For the treatment of freckles, photons or Q-switched laser treatment can be used. The effect is very good. Strict attention should be paid to sunscreen after surgery, otherwise, the recurrence rate will be very high. Some patients with coffee spots have a good effect on Q532 laser, and some may have no obvious effect.
Facial spots that occur in middle-aged and young people：
The most common are melasma and brown-cyan moles, followed by flat warts and sweat duct tumors. Melasma and brown-cyan moles look similar, but their treatment methods are completely different, and they must be strictly distinguished. "Melasma" is generally distributed symmetrically on the cheeks and is light yellow. It can be significantly aggravated by the sun, and poor mood and sleep may also be aggravated.“Brown-cyan moles” are often mistaken for melasma and lead to wrong treatment. Brown-cyan moles are generally symmetrically distributed on both sides of the cheekbones, that is, below the lower eyelids, that is, the site of the disease is closer to the eye area than melasma, and it is generally brown-cyan or yellow-cyan.
The treatment method for melasma is a comprehensive treatment. First of all, we must maintain a good state of mind and mood, adequate sleep, and active sun protection. For obvious melasma, we can consider using Q-switched laser treatment, but this laser treatment uses low-energy strafing or irradiation. Repeat the method many times. Avoid using high-energy laser treatment to aggravate melasma. At the same time, it is combined with the use of freckle-removing medical whitening moisturizing lotion. There is now a very good treatment method for brown-cyan moles on the cheekbones. Q-switched laser irradiation, once every 3 months, generally about 5 times can be eliminated without recurrence.
Flat warts and sweat duct tumors are two completely different diseases, and their treatment methods are completely different. However, because of their appearance, they can all appear light yellow, which can easily cause misdiagnosis and misdiagnosis. Flat warts are a kind of skin hyperplasia and pigment changes caused by viruses. They cannot be treated with lasers at will, especially if they cannot be treated with ordinary lasers. Otherwise, not only the effect is not ideal, but scars may be left.
The treatment of flat warts is first with antiviral and resistance-enhancing drugs, and now the newly launched dot matrix carbon dioxide laser can be well treated. Sweat duct tumors are common around the eyes, but they can also be seen on the forehead and cheeks. They appear as small yellow-brown or skin-colored rashes. This disease can only be treated with microwaves and lasers, and drug treatment is difficult to take effect.
Middle-aged and elderly facial spots：
First consider seborrheic keratosis, followed by basal cell carcinoma. "seborrheic keratosis“ is a manifestation of skin aging, also known as senile warts, but human skin can age after the age of 25. Therefore, seborrheic keratosis is common after the age of 30. At this time, laser treatment has the best effect. Of course, microwave and topical exfoliating drugs can also be considered. "Basal cell carcinoma" is more common in the elderly and has a darker color. The most suitable treatment technique is surgical resection.
It can be seen that the situation of facial spots is very complicated. Not only are there many possibilities, but often several types of spots can exist at the same time. Ordinary patients cannot self-diagnose, let alone easily believe the fooling of cosmetic salesmen and beauty salons' “social beauticians” (unprofessional beauticians). You should choose a skin laser beautician who specializes in dermatology for treatment as soon as possible. To get safe and effective treatment.