What is the best way to remove freckles?

Freckles on the face look like stains, which make our skin look rough and ugly. Therefore, in order to remove these annoying freckles, many people have tried various methods. There are indeed many ways to remove freckles, such as depigmentation or a combination of Chinese and Western methods to achieve the therapeutic effect.

Treatment strategy

Select depigmentation treatment as appropriate; corrosion, destructive treatment and laser selective treatment.

Drug treatment

Depigmentation treatment uses 3% to 5% hydroquinone cream, 0.1% retinoic acid ointment, 3% to 5% arbutin cream, 20% azelaic acid cream, 1% kojic acid cream, etc., and persistent external use for several months may have a certain effect.

Other treatments

1. Corrosive and destructive treatments: In the past, liquid nitrogen freezing, trichloroacetic acid or phenol spot application, mechanical grinding, high-frequency electricity, ordinary CO2 laser and other treatments have been used to remove freckles, but the above treatments are not selective for skin lesions and often cause some sequelae. Careful operation is required. Too deep treatment can easily cause depressed scars or hypertrophic scars, and may lead to pigmentation or hypopigmentation. At the same time, the treatment process is painful and difficult for patients to accept. 2. Laser selective treatment Modern Q-switched laser is highly selective in the treatment of freckles and is currently the best method for treating freckles.

Prognosis

Laser or phototherapy is generally the first choice for the treatment of this disease, which usually has obvious effects after 1 to 2 times, but the recurrence rate is relatively high.