How to Fade Age Spots - What Nobody Ever Tells You

by Therese Higgins
http://www.positively-radiant.com

Let's face it. You can find lots of information about how to age spots. From home treatments like buttermilk and lemon juice, to store-bought creams and lotions, you can probably find a solution for improving the unsightly dark patches on your skin. But despite the fact that each of these treatments seems to work, there are some serious drawbacks to using these remedies which nobody ever tells you. So, before you decide to use any of these methods, consider what I'm about to tell you.

Let's start with home remedies first. For many years home treatments were the only thing available to women as far as skin care was concerned. Rubbing natural substances like buttermilk or lemon juice on age spots was a pretty ingenious, as well as, safe method for erasing brown blotches on the skin. And they still work today, as many people can tell you.

The only problem with home treatments is that they are temporary. They only treat the very top of layers of the skin and don't penetrate into the cells to stimulate true healing and prevention of age spots. So, brown spots continue to pop up on the face and hands and it becomes an ongoing task to keep these dark patches at bay.

Now, let's talk about cosmetic skin whitening products. While they have remained a popular solution for how to fade age spots, medical experts are beginning to question the wisdom of developing skin care products made from synthetic chemicals.

In particular, the main whitening ingredient, hydroquinone, has recently been called into question. Some studies have linked hydroquinone to an increased risk for cancer. This finding has been enough to prompt some countries to ban this substance from use in cosmetics.

At this point, you may be thinking that those home remedies are starting to look pretty good. But what if I told you that skin care scientists have found a natural plant extract that is showing significant clinical results in reducing and erasing age spots?

It's true. Extrapone nutgrass root, a plant grown in India and used for centuries in Ayurvedic and Chinese medical practices, has shown a whopping 41% reduction in the formation and clumping of melanin, the skin pigment that causes age spots. This means that you get the wholesomeness and safety of a home remedy, with the effectiveness of a cosmetic cream or lotion.

Now that's what I call the "best of both worlds!"

I have discovered the laboratories of a company, located in New Zealand, that are behind the "rediscovery" of extrapone nutrgrass root. This company continues to make startling advances in the discovery and testing of natural extracts for use in safe, effective anti aging skin care products.

Whether its how to fade age spots, reduce lines and wrinkles, or just improve the look and feel of your skin, if you would like to experience the "best of both worlds", like I have, visit my web site to get more exciting details about other substances like nutgrass root.

Article submitted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 & read 71 times.

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