How to Remove Xanthelasma With TCA

Dermatologists sometimes use trichloroacetic acid, otherwise known as TCA, to treat xanthelasma. Xanthelasma is a soft, flat plaque that appears as a yellowish color most commonly on the medial portion of a person's eyelid. The condition is not completely understood by medical professionals, though hypocholestoralemia is associated with xanthelasma in 60 percent of all cases. TCA treatments to xanthelasma cause the lesions to shrink and disappear; however, xanthelasma commonly reoccurs in patients after TCA treatments.

Instructions

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  Contact your dermatologist. Xanthelasma is a skin disorder that requires treatment by a medical professional; since the disorder is a skin disorder it falls into the medical scope of dermatology.

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  Schedule an appointment with your dermatologist so she can assess the condition of your xanthelasma. You should never treat a skin disorder without confirmation from a medical professional that the disorder is what you believe it is.

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  Allow the doctor to treat your xanthelasma with cotton-tipped applicators. The applicators are dipped into the TCA and removed from the liquid. With your eyes closed, the TCA is applied gently to the portions of your skin covered with xanthelasma. The results are not immediate; you must have it reapplied several times over the course of several months or until the lesions are gone.