Spots on both sides of the cheeks can be removed by general treatment, medication or physical therapy. However, as there are more diseases causing spots on both sides of the cheeks, such as freckles, chloasma, age spots, etc., the treatments adopted will be different, as follows:
1. Freckles: Freckles is a kind of pigment disorder skin disease with facial spots as the main manifestation, usually caused by family genetic history as well as sun exposure, which can be treated by topical hydroquinone cream, trichloroacetic acid solution and retinoic acid cream, and at present, clinical treatments for freckles are mainly based on photorejuvenation, picoseconds and other photoelectric treatments.
2. Chloasma: Chloasma is a kind of facial skin pigmentation spot with symmetrical distribution, which is mainly related to endocrine disorders and sun exposure. It can be treated by hydroquinone cream, azelaic acid cream and retinoic acid cream, and if necessary, it can also be removed by physical means such as laser treatment or intense pulse light treatment.
3. Age spots: Age spots refer to seborrheic keratosis, which is mainly related to heredity and skin aging, and patients usually show clear boundaries, darker color, and different sizes of plaques, which can be removed by exfoliating drug treatment or laser treatment.
As there are many diseases that cause spots on both sides of the cheeks, so when the patient has related symptoms, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time for examination and diagnosis, and after clarifying the cause of the disease, targeted treatment will be carried out under the guidance of a professional doctor and combined with the individual’s situation, so as to avoid the aggravation of the symptoms of the delayed condition.