Both of these skin problems are related to an aging skin

Age Spots

• Age spots, or “liver spots” as they’re often called, have nothing to do with the liver.
• These flat, brown spots are caused by extended sun exposure over the years.
• They are bigger than freckles and appear in fair-skinned people on sun-exposed areas such as the face, hands, arms, back, and feet.
• The medical name for them is solar lentigo.
• They may be accompanied by wrinkling, dryness, thinning of the skin, and rough spots.

Treatments for Age Spots

A number of treatments are available, including skin-lightening, or “fade” creams; cryotherapy (freezing); and laser therapy.  A sunscreen or sun block should be used to prevent further damage.

Shingles

• Shingles is an outbreak of a rash or blisters on the skin that may cause severe pain.
• Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox.
• After an attack of chickenpox, the virus lies silent in the nerve tissue.
• Years later, the virus can reappear in the form of shingles.
• Although it is most common in people over age 50, anyone who has had chickenpox can develop shingles.
• It also is common in people with weakened immune systems due to HIV infection, chemotherapy or radiation treatment, transplant operations, and stress.

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