Do You Really Need To Get Rid Of Your Freckles?

Freckles which are flat, light brown or red, and fade in the winter are not harmful. However, if you have freckles, you are more liable to suffer from the harmful effects of excessive exposure to sunlight .  Surprisingly, many people who have freckles seem to be desperate to get rid of them.  If you want to loose your freckles here are some of the things that you can try.

Laser treatment is appears to be an effective option.  Prior to considering laser treatment you should check with your doctor that there is no possibility of your freckles being potentially cancerous. If your doctor tells you that there is nothing sinister about your freckles, you can go ahead.  Your skin should heal completely within a couple of weeks of the procedure.  Though this is probably the most effective procedure it is also the most expensive.

Cryotherapy involves freezing freckles, usually with liquid nitrogen. This treatment is most frequently used for warts. The liquid nitrogen creates a blister which causes the freckle to lifted out of the skin and fall away. This procedure can be a painful. The treatment can be painful.

Chemical peels can be successful in removing of freckles. This is another quite severe procedure which uses strong chemicals to peel away several layers of skin.  A chemical peel will not eliminate your freckles entirely, but it will make them less visible.  You can expect your skin to heal within a few days.

Bleaching agents and creams can get rid of freckles by slowing the production of melanin and causing their colour to fade, but the results can be unpredictable. There is a risk that the surrounding skin can appear lighter or darker, making things worse rather than better.  There is also some risk of chemical burns, rashes or irritations.

The following batch of remedies may sound like something your granny made up, but many people swear by them, and they have the great merit of being very safe and very inexpensive.

Washing your face with sour milk will have the same effect as a very gentle skin peel because of the presence of lactic acid in the milk.  This will neither irritate nor dry your skin

Dabbing fresh lemon juice on your skin is one of the best-known home remedies for freckles.  Be careful to stay out of the sun immediately afterwards

Mash up cucumbers, strawberries and apricots and apply the mash to the area to be treated.  Do not remove the mash completely.  Simply remove it gently with a tissue then apply a moisturiser.

All of these treatments and procedures seem like such a hassle, why not take simple and straightforward measures to avoid the sun?

And finally ladies, most freckles are very pretty, so why not simply revel in them and let yourselves be as beautiful as nature intended?