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ʻO nā ʻāina makahiki he mau ʻāpana pālahalaha, ʻeleʻele a ʻōmaʻomaʻo paha e ʻike ʻia ma kou ʻili i kou wā e ulu ai. He palekana loa ia a ulu mai i ka wā e hana ai kou ʻili i ka pigment hou ma hope o nā makahiki o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka lā.
Ua kapa ʻia kēia mau wahi he mau wahi ate a i ʻole nā lentigines lā, ʻoiai ʻaʻohe pilina me kou ate. ʻO ia wale nō ke ʻano o kou ʻili e hōʻike ana i ka hopena o ka lā ma luna o ka manawa, e like me ke ʻano o nā ʻaoʻao o ka puke punahele e melemele me ka makahiki.
ʻO nā ʻāina makahiki nā wahi i hana ai kou ʻili i ka melanin hou, ʻo ia ka pigment e hāʻawi ana i kou ʻili i kona kala. Hōʻike ʻia lākou ma ke ʻano he mau ʻāpana pālahalaha, oval-shaped e ʻeleʻele, ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a hina paha.
ʻIke pinepine ʻia kēia mau wahi ma nā wahi o kou kino e loaʻa ai ka nui o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka lā ma luna o nā makahiki. ʻO kou maka, nā lima, nā poʻohiwi, nā lima, a me nā piko o kou mau wāwae nā wahi maʻamau loa.
Hiki ke loli ke nui mai kekahi mau milimita a i ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi ʻīniha. I kekahi manawa, hui pū lākou, e hana ana i kahi ʻāpana ʻeleʻele e ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā wahi pilikino.
He mau hiʻohiʻona kūikawā loa nā ʻāina makahiki e maʻalahi ai ke ʻike. ʻO nā hōʻailona nui e komo pū ana i nā ʻāpana pālahalaha e ʻoi aku ka ʻeleʻele ma mua o kou ʻili a puni.
Eia nā hiʻohiʻona maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
ʻAʻole like me nā moles, ʻaʻole piʻi nā ʻāina makahiki ma luna o kou ʻili. ʻAʻole hoʻi lākou e hoʻololi i ka ʻili a i ʻole e hana i kekahi ʻeha kino, kahi e kōkua ai e hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou mai nā kūlana ʻili ʻē aʻe.
E ulu nā ʻāina makahiki i ka wā e hana ai kou ʻili i ka melanin nui ma ke pane ʻana i ka hoʻolaha pinepine ʻana i ka lā ma luna o nā makahiki he nui. E noʻonoʻo i ka melanin ma ke ʻano he pale lā kūlohelohe o kou ʻili e hoʻohui ʻia i kekahi mau wahi.
ʻO ke kumu nui ka radiation ultraviolet (UV) mai ka lā a i ʻole nā moe tanning. I ka wā e pā ai nā kukuna UV i kou ʻili, e hoʻonāukiuki lākou i ka hana ʻana o ka melanin ma ke ʻano he pane pale.
Ma hope o ka manawa, hiki i kēia melanin ke hui pū i kekahi mau wahi ma mua o ka pālahalaha ʻana ma kou ʻili. He hana mālie ia a ʻike pinepine ʻia ma hope o 40 mau makahiki, ʻoiai ke hoʻomaka pinepine nei ka pōʻino i ka wā mua o ke ola.
He kuleana ko nā genetics i ka nui o kou hiki ke ulu i nā ʻāina makahiki. Inā loaʻa i kou mau mākua a i ʻole nā kupuna, ʻoi aku ka nui o kou hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻāina makahiki he palekana loa a ʻaʻohe pono e mālama ʻia. Eia naʻe, he mea naʻauao ke nānā ʻia kekahi mau wahi hou a i ʻole e loli ana e kekahi mea mālama ola.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho i kahi hālāwai inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau loli:
Hiki i kēia mau loli ke hōʻike i kahi mea ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi ma mua o kahi wahi makahiki maʻalahi. Hiki i ka dermatologist ke nānā i ka wahi a hoʻoholo inā pono ke hoʻokolohua hou aku no kou maluhia.
ʻAʻole hana nā ʻāina makahiki i kekahi mau pilikia olakino ʻoiai he benign lākou. ʻO ka hopohopo nui ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana iā lākou mai nā kūlana ʻili koʻikoʻi.
I kekahi manawa, hiki ke huikau ʻia nā ʻāina makahiki me ka melanoma, kahi ʻano o ka maʻi ʻili. ʻO ia ke kumu e pono ai ke nānā i nā loli i kou mau wahi a nānā ʻia e kekahi mea mālama ola.
Hiki ke koʻikoʻi ka hopena manaʻo no kekahi poʻe. Hiki i nā ʻāina makahiki ma nā wahi ʻike ʻia e like me nā lima a me ka maka ke hoʻopilikia i ka hilinaʻi iā ia iho a i ʻole ka hopohopo e pili ana i ka helehelena o ka ulu ʻana.
ʻAʻole pinepine, hiki i nā hui nui o nā ʻāina makahiki ke paʻakikī e ʻike i nā moles hou a i ʻole e loli ana kokoke. E lilo nā nānā ponoʻī o ka ʻili i mea nui aʻe inā he nui kāu mau ʻāina makahiki.
ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e pale aku ai i nā ʻāina makahiki ka pale ʻana i kou ʻili mai ka radiation UV e hoʻomaka ana i ka wā hiki loa. ʻOiai ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o ka pōʻino ma luna o nā makahiki he nui, e uku nā hana pale i ka manawa lōʻihi.
Eia nā hoʻolālā palekana maikaʻi:
ʻOiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau ʻāina makahiki, hiki i kēia mau ana ke pale aku i nā mea hou mai ka ulu ʻana. Ke hoʻomau nei kou ʻili e pilikia i ka pōʻino UV ma kou ola.
Hiki i nā mea mālama ola ke ʻike pinepine i nā ʻāina makahiki ma o ka nānā ʻana i kou ʻili. He pololei a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi ke kaʻina hana.
E nānā kou kauka i nā wahi me ka hoʻomālamalama maikaʻi a hiki ke hoʻohana i kahi mea hoʻonui i kapa ʻia he dermatoscope. E kōkua kēia mea hana iā lākou e ʻike i nā kikoʻī ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia i ka maka maka.
E nānā lākou i ka nui, ke ʻano, ke kala, a me ka ʻili o kēlā me kēia wahi. Loaʻa i nā ʻāina makahiki nā hiʻohiʻona kūpaʻa e maʻalahi ai ke ʻike i nā poʻe akamai.
Inā he kānalua e pili ana i kahi wahi he wahi makahiki maoli, hiki i kou kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kahi biopsy ʻili. E komo kēia i ka wehe ʻana i kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka wahi e nānā ai ma lalo o ka microscope.
ʻAʻohe pono o nā ʻāina makahiki i ka mālama ʻana ʻoiai he palekana lākou. Eia naʻe, aia kekahi mau koho inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻomāmā a wehe paha iā lākou no nā kumu hoʻonaninani.
ʻO nā koho mālama ʻoihana e komo pū ana:
Hiki i nā kīʻī hoʻomāmā i kākau ʻia e komo pū ana me ka hydroquinone a i ʻole tretinoin ke hoʻomāmā mālie i nā ʻāina makahiki ma luna o kekahi mau mahina. Hana mālie kēia akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā kaʻina hana ʻē aʻe.
Hiki i nā huahana over-the-counter me nā mea kanu e like me ka kojic acid a i ʻole ka huaʻai C ke hāʻawi i nā hopena hoʻomāmā mālie, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā hopena ma mua o nā mālama ʻoihana.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke wehe loa i nā ʻāina makahiki ma ka home, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i nā hana e pale aku ai i nā mea hou a hoʻomāmā iki paha i nā wahi i loaʻa.
Ke hoʻomau nei ka pale lā i kēlā me kēia lā i ka hana mālama home nui loa. E pale kēia i nā wahi i loaʻa mai ka ʻeleʻele a pale aku i nā mea hou mai ka ulu ʻana.
Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka exfoliation mālie, ʻoiai e wehe ana i nā sela ʻili make a hiki ke hana i nā wahi e ʻike ʻole ʻia. E hoʻohana i nā scrubs mālie a i ʻole nā lole exfoliating i kekahi mau manawa i kēlā me kēia pule.
ʻO ka hoʻomehana mau e mālama i kou ʻili i ke olakino a hiki ke hana i nā ʻāina makahiki e ʻike ʻole ʻia. E ʻimi i nā mea hoʻomehana me nā mea kanu e like me ka niacinamide a i ʻole ka huaʻai C, kahi i manaʻo ʻia e kekahi mau haʻawina he mau waiwai hoʻomāmā mālie.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e lawe i ka manawa e nānā pono i kou ʻili a hoʻomaopopo i nā wahi e hopohopo ai ʻoe. E kōkua kēia hoʻomākaukau iā ʻoe e hana i ka nui o kāu kipa.
E hana i kahi papa inoa o nā wahi i loli i ka nui, ke kala, a i ʻole ka ʻili i ka manawa hou. E lawe i nā kiʻi inā hiki, ʻoiai hiki kēia ke kōkua i kāu kauka e hahai i nā loli ma luna o ka manawa.
E hoʻomākaukau e kūkākūkā i kāu moʻolelo hoʻolaha lā, e komo pū ana i nā sunburns kamaliʻi, ka manawa i hoʻolilo ʻia ma waho, a me kekahi hoʻohana ʻana i nā moe tanning. E kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e loiloi i kāu mau pilikia.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau āu e lawe nei, ʻoiai hiki i kekahi ke hoʻonui i ka maʻi lā. E haʻi pū i kekahi moʻolelo ʻohana o ka maʻi ʻili a i ʻole nā wahi ʻili maʻamau ʻole.
ʻO nā ʻāina makahiki he ʻāpana maʻamau, palekana o ka ulu ʻana e hōʻike ana i ka moʻolelo o kou ʻili me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka lā. ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki ke pale loa inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hoʻolaha nui o ka lā, ʻaʻohe pilikia olakino.
ʻO ka mea nui loa ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā ʻāina makahiki mai nā kūlana ʻili koʻikoʻi. Ke kānalua nei, e nānā ʻia kekahi mau wahi hou a i ʻole e loli ana e kekahi mea mālama ola.
Inā hopohopo ʻoe i nā ʻāina makahiki no nā kumu hoʻonaninani, loaʻa nā koho mālama maikaʻi. Eia naʻe, ʻo ke ala maikaʻi loa ka pale ʻana i nā wahi hou ma o ka pale lā mau i kou ola.
ʻAʻole lilo nā ʻāina makahiki i maʻi ʻaʻai. He benign lākou a noho palekana i kou ola. Eia naʻe, he mea nui ke nānā iā lākou no nā loli a nānā ʻia kekahi mau wahi kānalua e ke kauka, ʻoiai hiki i kekahi mau ʻano o nā lesions ʻili ke huikau ʻia me nā ʻāina makahiki.
ʻOiai ʻike pinepine ʻia nā ʻāina makahiki ma hope o 40 mau makahiki, hiki iā lākou ke ulu i nā poʻe ʻōpio i loaʻa i ka hoʻolaha nui o ka lā a i ʻole nā sunburns pinepine. Hiki i nā poʻe me ka ʻili mālie a i ʻole ka poʻe e hoʻolilo nui ana i ka manawa ma waho ke ʻike i nā wahi i ko lākou mau makahiki 20 a 30 paha, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pinepine kēia.
ʻAʻole nalowale nā ʻāina makahiki ma o lākou iho, ʻoiai hiki iā lākou ke lilo i mea ʻike ʻole iki ma luna o ka manawa inā pale mau ʻoe i kou ʻili mai ka pōʻino hou aku o ka lā. Me ka ʻole o ka mālama, noho mau nā ʻāina makahiki he mau hiʻohiʻona mau o kou ʻili.
ʻAʻole hōʻike ka kumukūʻai i ka hopena i ka wā e pili ana i nā kīʻī hoʻomāmā. Hiki i kekahi mau huahana over-the-counter me nā mea kanu i hōʻoia ʻia e like me ka huaʻai C a i ʻole kojic acid ke like me nā koho pipiʻi. ʻO ke kī ka hoʻohana mau a me nā manaʻo kūpono e pili ana i nā hopena mālie.
Hoʻololi nā hopena ma muli o ke ʻano o ka mālama. Hiki i nā kaʻina hana ʻoihana e like me ka laser therapy ke hōʻike i ka holomua i loko o kekahi mau pule, ʻoiai pono nā kīʻī topical i 2-6 mau mahina o ka hoʻohana mau ʻana. Pono paha kekahi mau mālama i nā hālāwai he nui no nā hopena maikaʻi loa, a he mea nui ka hoʻomanawanui i ka wā holoʻokoʻa.
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