Another name for the disease is sunny or senile keratosis, and it's not accidental - this disease develops after 50 years most often in men.
Not every person immune protection of the skin copes with a long stay in the sun for many years. Particularly affected are the most open parts of the body - arms, shoulders, back, but most often there is actinic keratosis of the skin of the nose or the entire face. Appear as spots of small size, covered with scales yellowish brown, can itch. If they are removed, they begin to bleed.
People are wondering if it is possible to sunbathe with actinic keratosis in the sun, but experts do not recommend it for obvious reasons. Moreover, it is advised to try to stay in the shade.
Treatment of actinic keratosis
Select the most appropriate method of getting rid of the disease helps determine the stage of the disease. Age and general health are also important.
The most effective methods of treatment are:
- Photodynamic therapy is that the doctor applies a photosensitive cream to the affected areas of the skin. After three hours these places are irradiated with a cold ray of light. This treatment is outpatient, easily tolerated by the elderly and is therefore considered one of the most effective.
- Cryotherapy - freezing of affected areas of the skin.
- Laser surgery leaves virtually no traces. Many consider the operation the most sterile procedure.
- Application of medicinal products - special creams or ointments that soften horn formations and reduce the dryness and roughness of the surface.
- Surgical peeling - scraping of the formations or removal (the so-called excision) of the skin surface with a special instrument (curette) under local anesthesia.
- Chemical peeling is the application of acid solutions to the affected area.
There are other methods of treatment.
How to treat actinic keratosis with folk remedies?
You can treat the disease with the help of folk remedies:
- Compresses from potato gruel or red beet.
- The compress from propolis , imposed for 3 days, also helps well.
- Remarkable remedy - young leaves of aloe. They are placed in the freezer for 3 days. After this, the leaves are cut along, applied to the affected areas and left for 10-12 hours.
- Effectively treat live yeast in the form of a compress.
- You can use infusion of onion husk, washed with boiling water, filled with table vinegar. After infusion, swabs soaked in such a solution, to soak the affected areas.