The appearance on the skin of all kinds of formations can be a signal about existing, but still undetected diseases. A careful attitude to the changes on the skin will help in time to diagnose and warn against unpleasant surprises.
What is the xanthelastic age?
Disease in which appears on the eyelids of yellowish plaques protruding above the surface of the skin, is called xantelasm .
The picture depicts the xantelasm of the eyelid in a male
. The formation may be single or consist of a group of plaques. More often the pathology is localized in the corner of the eye in the upper eyelid.
Reasons for the emergence of
Why there are yellow formations in the field of the eyelids, the specialists are not completely clear. Some coincidences and regularities are noted.
For example, more often this phenomenon visits people:
- with a metabolic disorder, the presence of xanthelasma coincides with the statement that the patient has failures of lipid metabolism;
- having obesity,
- suffering from diabetes,
- with liver diseases,
- with pancreatic problems.
How the disease is manifested
Plaques to the touch are soft. Their color is straw, sometimes it can be brighter, closer to the orange tone. The surface of the formations is often smooth, maybe even uneven.
Several plaques can merge into a tape that passes through the upper eyelid. Plaques can also be found in the lower eyelid. More often such a localization in the xanthom.
Analysis of the cells of xanthelasm and xanthoma shows that they are identical. The difference is that xanthelasma is called plaques formed on the upper eyelid, and xanthomas occur anywhere in the body.
Xantelasm is a benign formation and has never been recorded a case of its degeneration into the malignant tumor . Patients do not experience painful sensations or other anxiety from the appearance of plaques.
Experts consider the occurrence of plaques as a factor that speaks about possible disorders in the body, especially in lipid metabolism, but there are cases that this is not confirmed.
Xantelasm appears in people mainly in old age, it is noticed that more often in women. Education has a more cosmetic defect, another threat is not found.
The appearance of plaques occurs without any preliminary symptoms. Education develops slowly. From a small pea of xantelism in some cases increases to the size of a large string bean.
Diagnosis
To determine the disease of xantelism, most experts rely on an external examination.
A slide is used for diagnosis.
Pressing them on a patch of plaque, reach its bleeding, which helps to better understand the color of the formation.
Methods of treatment
Plaques of xantelasm do not disappear by themselves. They are affected through the search and treatment of the root causes of their occurrence. Treating violations that could lead to plaques, conditions are created with the premise that after removing the formations, they may not appear again.
Plaques of xantelasm are removed, because even though they behave harmlessly, a cosmetic defect from their presence is created.
Removal options:
- Cryodestruction. The plaque is applied with liquid nitrogen for several seconds. Time of exposure is determined by the doctor. The temperature of the substance when applied to xanteladism is 196 degrees. As a result of the action, the cells of the neoplasm are destroyed.
- Laser. The laser beam affects only the xanthelasmic plaque. There is a sparing removal of education without injuring the surrounding tissues and gross traces of interference. Advantages of the method:
- The procedure is painless, bloodless.
- The method is safe, eliminates the possibility of infection of the wound.
- Does not leave scars.
- No postoperative period.
- The radio wave method. The operation takes place without contact and bloodless. The method is safe. Under the influence of high-frequency waves, the tip of the instrument heats and evaporates the cells of the neoplasm. The procedure is painless.
- Apply surgery. Excision of nodules is done after local anesthesia. Plaques are separated with scissors and tweezers. Joint wound edges produce, reducing them with tweezers and spreading the edges of tissues with a half-chlorine iron. Healing of the wound after removal of the xantelasm takes about a week. If a large plaque was removed, then after its separation, the edges of the wound are cauterized by applying an electric current.
- Method of electrocoagulation. Applied together with a surgical method. After removal of the plaque, the edges of the wound are connected and cauterized with an electrode. As a result, a crust appears at the junction of the edges. She disappears in a week, leaving a barely visible trace.
Price
In different centers, the cost of the procedures is somewhat different, so the table gives approximate prices. Xantelasm can be of different sizes, clinics indicate the minimum and maximum cost of the operation.
| Procedure | Price, RUB |
| laser removal | 300 ÷ 5000 |
| cryodestruction | 260 ÷ 2065 |
| radio wave action | 300 ÷ 600 |
| surgical procedure | 2000 ÷ 5000 |
| electrocoagulation | 540 ÷ 1800 |
Reviews of laser removal
Patients who passedthe procedure for removing xantelasm by a laser beam indicates that a high class of technique and a good attitude of medical personnel leave a good impression. The operation does not cause painful sensations. The procedure passes quickly, bloodlessly.
On how to remove the lesion with a laser can be seen in this video, the same way get rid of xantelasm:
Where can I remove?
There are a large number of clinics in which the removal of neoplasms, including xanthelasma by a laser beam, is performed. These institutions are engaged in laser cosmetology, have in their staff highly qualified specialists and the latest equipment.
Folk remedies at home
If it is decided to maintain health with the help of traditional medicine, it is necessary to agree with a specialist who observes the patient about xanthelasm. Infusions of herbs, like chemical preparations, have their contra-indications, and before their application it is necessary to consider all problems of an organism.
Some recipes:
- 20 g of birch buds are brewed in a glass of boiling water. Take three times a day for two tablespoons of the reception.
- Two teaspoons of dry yarrow grass insist for about an hour in a glass of boiling water. Then the infusion is filtered and drunk during the day four times before eating.
- Dandelion root broth: a teaspoon of raw material per glass of water.
- Take for a hundred grams of mint, hips, leaves of the immortelle , pour three glasses of water and boil for a minute, then insist the broth for four hours. Tincture is taken by 150 ml shortly before meals four times a day.
Prevention
Since the exact cause of xantelasm formation has not yet been identified, it is recommended to prevent those disorders that are supposedly leading to this problem.
- Weight control, avoid obesity.
- A lot of attention should be paid to the diet:
- excludes animal fats, and vegetable is taken with restriction,
- daily includes 300 grams of fruits and vegetables in the diet,
- keeps the baking as low as possible;it is better to eat black bread, flour products with bran,
- to strive for more products containing fiber.
- Give the body a payload.
- Drink a day to two liters of water.
- Do not consume trans fats, include in the diet products containing omega-three.
- Patients should avoid situations that create conditions for trauma to the skin. Otherwise, xanthomas may appear in these places.
- Eliminate bad habits
- Drink infusions of herbs that improve lipid metabolism, help to establish the functioning of the liver. In some cases it is necessary to maintain the pancreas.
If you follow the rules of prevention, then appeared xantelasm does not disappear, but after its removal you can hope that education will not arise again.