How to Hide Age Spots (2024)

FAQs

What is the best way to cover up age spots? ›

“Use a colour corrector on any discoloured areas,” Lan advises. For fair to light skin tones, opt for a peach-toned corrector. For medium skin tones, reach for a bisque tone, and stick with an orange shade for deeper skin tones.

Apply sunscreen generously, and reapply every two hours — or more often if you're swimming or perspiring. Cover up. For protection from the sun, wear tightly woven clothing that covers your arms and legs and a broad-brimmed hat, which provides more protection than does a baseball cap or golf visor.

The hydrogen peroxide helps moisten age spots to dissolve them without damaging surrounding skin. Some people need more than one treatment in order to dissolve an age spot completely, especially if it's large or very dark.

With the right full-coverage foundation or concealer, you can hide dark spots with no struggle at all. If you think this is one makeup lesson you need to learn, keep scrolling as we share our best concealer for dark spots and other makeup, and teach you a step-by-step routine for covering dark marks with makeup.

Use peach to conceal dark spots on fair to light skin tones, bisque for light to medium complexions, and orange for medium to deep skin tones.

Choose a shade in the orange family to correspond with your skin tone- more peach for lighter skin up to a darker orange for deeper skin tones. These colors can also be used to correct sunspots and age spots.

"ACV contains malic acid, which decreases melanin production to help lighten brown spots and hyperpigmentation," says Gabriel. "And citric acid, which increases skin cell turnover, has been shown to decrease age spots."

Some masks that can help reduce pigmentation and lighten skin include: Yogurt, lemon, and gram flour mask: Yogurt is a milk product that is rich in nutrients. The lactic acid in yogurt is a naturally occurring skin-lightening agent. Lemon contains vitamin C that can reduce pigmentation.

According to research, aloe vera includes aloin, a naturally occurring depigmenting substance that has been demonstrated to lighten skin and function well as a nontoxic hyperpigmentation therapy. For using this: Before going to bed, apply pure aloe vera gel on pigmented areas. The next morning, rinse with warm water.

You might see results after 1 treatment, but you likely won't see significant results. Repeat the treatment once a week until you're happy with the look of your skin. If your skin becomes irritated, stop using the hydrogen peroxide treatments immediately. You'll likely see significant results after 1-2 months.

What is the difference between age spots and keratosis? ›

The biggest difference between harmless age spots and sun spots (actinic keratoses) is the texture. Age spots are smooth and flat, but potentially dangerous actinic keratoses usually feel rough and scaly. Actinic keratoses can develop into skin cancer, so it's vital that you show any such spots to your doctor.

Many nonprescription fade creams and lotions for lightening age spots are available for sale. These may improve the appearance of age spots, depending on how dark the spots are and how often you apply the cream. You might need to use such a product regularly for several weeks or months before you notice results.

Age spot treatments include: Medications. Applying prescription bleaching creams (hydroquinone) alone or with retinoids (tretinoin) and a mild steroid might gradually fade the spots over several months. The treatments might cause temporary itching, redness, burning or dryness.

The right concealer can camouflage age spots effectively and give your skin a natural-looking finish. (By “right” we mean it offers the most suitable amount of coverage for your skin tone and type.)