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Hands Became Very Black, Used To Wear Half Sleeve Shirts. How To Get It Back To Normal?
Hi.. My Hands became very black, because i used to wear half sleeve shirts. its been almost 5 years they became black. please suggest me some treatment or soaps or cream to make my hands back to normal. and i could see that pores on my hands do not sweat and the skin became very rough because of over scrubbing while bathing.
Tue, 23 Apr 2013
Hi, you are having hypermelanosis on dorsa of hands due to tanning effects of sun.It is not a disease. You avoid excessive sun exposure. Keep the hands covered with cloths , and apply the sunscreen gel repeatedly every 4 hours during the day time. Rub the kojic acid and vitamin C containing cream lightly at night. Wash the hands with kojic acid containing soap.Remember, never scrub or heavily scratch the hand's skin.. Otherwise the conditition will worsen... I hope you will improve after following my advice...ok
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