Actinic Keratosis is an exaggerated skin's reaction to UV rays:Natural Remedies restore the skin's normality
Actinic keratosis is a skin's disease caused by the harmful action of UV sun rays on the skin DNA.
It can go until the appearance of skin cancer: but natural treatments can avoid all of this.
We analyze the causes, natural cures for actinic keratosis and the current common therapies proposed.
Contents
1 What is Actinic or Sun Keratosis
3 Traditional treatments of the Sun Keratosis
4 Natural cures for Sun Keratosis
1) WHAT IS ACTINIC or SUN KERATOSIS
The cause lies in excessive exposure to sunlight or ultraviolet rays, which also cause skin aging.
Actinic keratosis appears especially after the age of 40, increases with age and initially manifests
itself as a small reddish growth or plaque covered with crusts that change the color of the skin
to reddish-brown. The lesions are dry and rough. It has a slow development and can reach a size
of 0,4 to 1 inch in diameter.
Affected people may have a single lesion or multiple lesions, covering a large area of skin. The most
affected sites are those exposed to the sun: face, lips, back of hands, front part of the chest, back
and scalp of bald subjects.
Only one in 4 actinic keratoses heals spontaneously, while the other 3 can become skin cancer.
2) WHAT are the CAUSES of ACTINIC KERATOSIS
From a biochemical point of view, there is an increase in free radicals and cytokines favoring
inflammation. Natural solutions for actinic keratosis improve DNA repair and the skin's barrier
function.
3) HOW ACTINIC KERATOSIS is TREATED in the TRADITIONAL WAY
Traditional therapy consists of a gel to be applied on the lesions of actinic keratosis, based on
Ingenol mebutate (Picato) or on Imiquimod. But, both the Italian drug agency (AIFA) than
the European one (EMA) have banned for some time (January 17, 2020) the use of Picato because
it can cause a higher incidence of cancer on the area of skin treated with this gel.
In fact, a study showed a higher probability of skin cancer on area treated with ingenol mebutate
than with Imiquimod. However, this means that also Imiquimod can cause skin cancer in the
area where it is applied, albeit to a lesser extent.
4) WHICH NATURAL CURES for ACTINIC KERATOSIS
However, a natural cure for actinic keratosis is possible with natural substances like Calendula
Officinalis and Rhodiola rosea, effective and above all without side effects. They have an
anti-inflammatory, disinfectant, soothing action and reduce the production of free radicals.
Together with other natural substances, like flavoproteins and coenzymes, they are able not
only to cure but also to prevent actinic keratosis, repairing DNA, restoring the skin's barrier
function and thus recreating the normalcy of the immune system.
