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"I almost didn't take the before photo. I hated looking at my chest that much. I'd had those raised brown spots for over eight years and they just kept spreading. Every summer I'd layer a cardigan over everything because I couldn't stand people's eyes dropping to my chest and seeing them. My dermatologist froze a few off but they came back and new ones filled in around them. I spent maybe $1,500 over the years on removal and had nothing to show for it. My sister sent me a link to this cream and I honestly rolled my eyes. But I was desperate enough to try. I used it every night for about 10 weeks. The rough ones softened first. Then they started flattening. The dark patches faded. I didn't even notice how much had changed until I put on a V-neck one morning and my daughter said, 'Mom, your chest looks amazing.' I went back and looked at the before photo and I couldn't believe it was the same skin. The right photo is me three months later. No filter. No makeup on my chest. Just skin that finally looks like mine again. I wore that top to dinner and didn't pull it up once."

"My back was the one part of me nobody got to see. Not my husband, not a massage therapist, no one. I couldn't even count the spots across my shoulders anymore, and I'd genuinely turned down being a bridesmaid once because the dress was backless and I couldn't face it. So my expectations here were basically zero.

My husband put this on every night on the spots I couldn't reach. Around week 5 he said they felt smoother, less raised, I didn't fully believe him until week 10 when I could finally see it in the mirror myself. Look at the two photos. The dark ones faded, the thick raised ones flattened.

I'll be honest, it's not perfect and it took longer than I wanted, I was hoping for a month and it was closer to three. And it's not cheap. But it's the only thing in a decade that did anything at all, so I'm not complaining much. I'm 55 and I don't dread summer for the first time in forever."

"I've had these spots since my late 50s. They started on my neck and just kept spreading down to my chest. Big dark ones. Raised ones. Rough ones that caught on every neckline I wore. I'm 72. I was told a long time ago to just accept them. That they come with age. That there's nothing to do unless I want to pay hundreds to freeze them off one by one. So I stopped trying. For years I just wore crew necks and scarves and tried not to look in the mirror too long. My daughter ordered this cream for me because I never would have ordered it myself. I didn't think anything could help at my age. She came over twice a week and helped me put it on my neck and chest every night. I didn't notice much the first few weeks. Then around week 6 the rough ones started feeling different. Softer. Less raised. The dark patches started fading. By month 3 I looked in the mirror and my neck looked like it belonged to a different person. Not perfect. I'm not 30. But the thick raised ones that made me feel like everyone was staring at my neck were so much flatter and lighter. My granddaughter was visiting and she looked at me and said, 'Grandma, your neck looks beautiful.' I went to the bathroom and cried. Nobody had said anything nice about my skin in 15 years. I wore a V-neck to church the following Sunday. First time in I don't even know how long."

"I'm 49 and my face looks 49 but my arms looked 60. Counted over 30 on one arm. Stopped wearing anything sleeveless, even at home, even in July.

Found this at midnight going down a rabbit hole. Didn't expect much. Week 4 the raised ones started softening, week 8 the dark ones were fading. They're not all gone, you can still see a couple in the after, and the smell is a little medicinal, not gonna lie. But look at the difference. Wore a sleeveless top to brunch and didn't think about my arms once. Forgot to, actually. That's the part that got me."

"I'm not the kind of guy who buys skincare products. Never have been. But these spots on my neck and chest got to a point where I couldn't ignore them anymore. They started in my early 50s. A few dark spots near my collarbone. No big deal. Then they spread. Up my neck. Across my chest. Dark, rough, raised. I looked like something was wrong with me. I started wearing crew necks to work. Buttoned my shirts all the way up. At the beach I'd keep my shirt on. If someone stood close to me in conversation I'd catch myself pulling my collar up without thinking. My wife noticed. She said I'd been doing it for years. I didn't even realize. My doctor said they're harmless and that removal would cost a fortune because I had so many. So I did nothing. For five years I did absolutely nothing except cover them up. My wife found this cream online and put it on the bathroom counter. I started using it at night. Didn't tell anyone. Didn't expect anything. Around week 6 the raised ones on my neck felt smoother. The rough texture was softening. By month 3 the dark spots had faded enough that I could see my actual skin tone again. I'm not going to pretend they disappeared. They didn't. But look at the difference. My neck looks like a normal neck again. Last week I wore a V-neck to a barbecue and my buddy said I looked good. I just said thanks. Didn't explain. Didn't need to.