Timeless Beauty

Image by maciul via Flickr A cousin of mine from Los Angeles has just stopped using whitening products because she couldn't get rid of the dark spots forming on her skin. She has dark brown skin but these spots are darker and appeared lately when she has reached the big four-oh. It's a natural occurrence in our family that we develop age spots , but usually they come in the form of lentigos, which are small wart-like growths that grow in number as we age. In an effort to help find a solution to her skin problem, I turn once again to the ever-reliable Internet. Searching through topics like 'melasma', 'age spots' and 'lentigos', I chance upon a medical page on how people can get rid of age spots. Age spots as their name implies are brought on by aging. However, their appearance is determined by many factors which includes genetics and sun exposure . As we age our skin becomes more vulnerable to the sun thus we produce too much melanin to compensate. Mel...