I have been self-conscious about brown spots on the left side of my face. Sun damage? Age spots? Whatever the cause they were continuing to appear in a line down the side of my face. I tried every remedy I could find, natural like lemon juice, expensive creams, cover ups, etc but nothing helped.
On my latest trip to CVS, 25% coupon in hand to justify buying yet another expensive cream I looked on the bottom shelf and spotted Porcelana! I flashed on the old black and white commercials of a woman with ugly spotty hands and then suddenly with beautiful younger looking hands.
What the heck…not much to lose.
I can hardly believe that after six weeks of applying this day and night, the spots are so much lighter I have to look really closely to see them!
I can hardly believe it!
I’ve been a stalker on this site for a couple of years but I just had to share this with you all!
One other tip…they offer a day formula and a night formula…the only differnce is the daytime version has sunscreen which we all use anyway so there’s no need to buy both.
Run don’t walk to your nearest drug store and look on the very bottom shelf where the cheap stuff is kept!
Yippee!!!!
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You’re right! I used it too and it was effective.
It wasn’t quite 100% and the spot did come back so eventually I did go to a dermatologist who removed it. Sorry I don’t remember the name of the procedure but it wasn’t very dramatic.
But Porcelana does work.
Thanks Dianne and Donna. I have a brown spot on the face that I thought I would take to a dermatologist. Nice to have another option
In March of this year I went for the big guns. My skin care products were no longer doing it for me.
I went to a plastic surgeon and asked for suggestions short of surgery. He reccommened using the Obagi NuDerm products. I can say it transformed my skin. It has lasted me 6 months as a little goes a long way. In the first 3 months the transformation was amazing, and I then went on a maintainence program. I am now moving over to the Obagi ZO line that is designed more for aging skin.
No more spots, uneven, dull skin tone I don’t wear hardly any makeup as my skin has a natural glow. I am 61 and get compliments from women a lot younger than I am on my skin.
It is a bit pricey, but all my consultations after the purchase have been no charge and at first I went often to the aesthetician at the PS office.
My grandson banged me in the face and my glasses made a bruise on my face that after 3 months was still there. The aesthetician zapped it with the laser a couple of times and it went away. Thought I was going to have that thing forever.
So this a just an option for you ladies to check out. Consultations should be free at any skin care facility that is affiliated with a plastic surgeon.
The liquid nitrogen, packaged as wart remover, works just fine on age spots. I had a 1 inch dia spot on face, gave it a shot and it shrivelled to nothing and has not returned. I am all for the wart remover first. Then a good moisturizer.
The wart remover is cheaper and works just fine.
Darcy, how did you use the wart remover? At night? Sounds a little scary!
Just “pick-a-pak” put it together and (depending on your eyesight) spray directly on the spot. Does not hurt any more than the dermatologist does. In fact it is the same liquid nitrogen. There is one fashioned for “skin tags” and that is good/ same stuff. In the event you are concerned about discomfort, spray on a brown spot on your hand. I am pretty much immune to pain (too much other pain) so I just sprayed on on side of my face and it just shrivelled up and in a day or two was gone. There is an over-counter cream EMLA which is a strong topical anasthetic (invented for children w/cancer who need iv insertion). Just apply some of that and let it sit for 15-20 mins, make sure none is left (wipe away) and then spray. It really is the same stuff dermatologist uses.
I use Nerium night cream every night. Got rid of my brown spots, acne, enlarged pores and fine wrinkles. So I became a distributor. Most awesome product that I’ve ever used.
If you’re thinking about using Porcelana, you should consider that some of its products contain parabens (now considered dangerous and generally being removed from creams); and all its age-spot removing products include Hydroquinone as the active ingredient, which numerous studies have shown to be highly toxic and dangerous for the skin and the body.
You want a process that removes it rather than tries to fade it.
I agree with the poster about wart remover. Never tried the freeze type but that does match what derms do with suspicious dry skin patches on your annual skin cancer check so that makes sense.
I have used the gel type on my hands and legs since you can really contol where it is placed. Warm remover is just heavy duty salicylic acid that will kill the skin it is applied to. The whole brown spot will lift off. Once it does you might be left with a red spot which will heal.
Whatever you do don’t let the area scab up as that can cause scarring. Simply use something like Aquaphor to keep it moist. If you are worried about scarring you can spend 5-10 minutes each day rubbing it in to keep the skin soft. But it should not be necessary.
Before you try your face maybe it is a good idea to try the technique on your leg or arm.
Just adding I have had freckles removed with an IPL (photofacial) laser at a laser clinic. Great process. 10 years and they’ve never come back. I recommend IPL for pigmentation.
Wish there was a DIY for spider veins!
My concern was not so much my face as a spot on my hand that was brown and kept changing shape, bigger, smaller, and eventually started developing a redness surrounding the outer edges. It was never raised and never looked nasty…just something I watched each day.
I shy away from doctors, and although I had accumulated drawers full of cosmetic products, I decided on a whim to try argan oil, when I found it in a consumer show, being sold by a young looking older man from Morocco.
I started using it on my face exclusively and gave up all other creams, and applying it to the spot on my hand. Wrinkles on my face and tiny lines around my mouth reduced. My skin began to look clearer, and the spot on my hand as well as a white patch on my arm disappeared. It’s been a slow process, after all I have been mistreating my skin for 60+ years. I started using the argan in late March. Most of the sun spots on my hands and arms are gone or slowly disappearing.
In the spirit of low risk curiosity, I began rubbing it daily on a spider vein on my leg that has been visible since I was 16. It is about 7/8 inches long. Slowly it also appears to be diminishing, and the oil works well stimulating healthy toe nail growth.
My preference is to use products with ingredients I can pronounce that do not need researching on the Cosmetics Database to assess the health risk. For that reason Argan oil appealed to me for it’s simplicity and pureness. It’s also inexpensive.
Interesting abuot the spider veins!
As a journalist for the boomer-consumer, I have done extensive research on all kinds of anti-aging products. Please educate yourself and don’t take anything at ‘face value’.
FYI-Warning for this product. According to SAFECOSMETICS.org
Health Concerns
Hydroquinone works by decreasing the production of melanin pigments in the skin. Because the chemical lightens skin by reducing melanin, it simultaneously increases exposure to UVA and UVB rays deep in the skin (iv). This increases skin cancer risks due to UV exposure, in addition to the carcinogenic effects of the chemical itself. The chemical is allowed in personal care products in the United States in concentrations up to 2 percent. Although banned in the European Union, a UK news report found that products containing hydroquinone were relatively easy to procure.
The U.S. Cosmetics Ingredient Review Panel indicates that hydroquinone is unsafe for use in products that are left on the skin (v,vi), but due to lax enforcement, directions for skin lightening products containing hydroquinone encourage frequent and consistent use on the skin (vii).
The Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep database, which compares cosmetic ingredients to more than 50 international toxics databases, identifies hydroquinone as a carcinogen, immunotoxicant and developmental and reproductive toxicant, and also identifies concerns regarding the ingredient’s risks for various organ systems, the endocrine system and neurotoxicity (viii).
In addition to concerns about long-term toxicity, hydroquinone is linked to a skin condition called ochronosis in which the skin becomes dark and thick (ix).
I once had a doctor remove a small granuloma on the top of my hand..where the skin is thin..he rolled the swab in his hand like he was going to start a fire with a stick like in boy scouts..anyway I said to him at the time “this is going to leave a scar” he said Oh no no scarring at all..well guess what..I have a huge white round scar..I have used the wart remover on my brown spots and it does work..however DO TEST on leg or arm or hand..and DO NOT twist the swab or spray too long..alittle will do the trick. And you’ll save a few hundred bucks!
Now we need a cure for your scar!
Yeah Hot Flash..I’ve thought about a small butterfly tat to cover it..my family doc says he can just take it out for me..but I’m leary now..
People might swat at it thinking it’s alive
I had a derm. decide to biopsy a dark raised mole on my leg. She just slices the whole thing off. Not only do I have a scar, I have an indent. They don’t really care what they are doing a lot of the time.
LOL!