Sun damage and age spots

Sun damage rarely arrives as one spot. It is scattered pigment across the cheeks, the backs of the hands, the chest — decades of accumulated exposure surfacing at once.

Intense pulsed light covers a wide area rather than one lesion, which is what makes it right for diffuse damage. Treated spots darken over a few days and flake away in the week that follows. Three to five sessions a month apart, and daily sun protection afterwards is non-negotiable if you want it to hold.