I am 41 and have AK spots on both cheeks; two on upper lip and one very recently has appeared on my arm. I have been dealing with the ones on my face for years and I feel like "you name it, I have tried it". Nothing works, not even freezing. My dermatologist just called me in an Rx for Picato which was just approved by the FDA in 2012. Fingers crossed and I will try to remember to post a follow-up.

After your actinic keratosis treatments, get some liquid vitamin E, and rub it on the treated areas. I've been doing that for years, and I swear it helps.

I was fighting a bad chest bug and remembered after a few weeks that I used to use grapefruit seed extract for all our winter ails, sore throat, ear aches, colds, etc. I have almost whooped the chest ailment but noticed to my wonderful surprise that the actinic keratosis on the back of my hands and other area of my arms, back and face are clearing up. I have tried many treatments over the years and they just keep getting worse, so imagine my surprise and relief when they started to clear up. I have been taking 10 drops every day and now I have increased to 15 a day. I hope this is the beginning of the end. I'll just wait and see.

I have had actinic keratosis on the backs of my hands and to a lesser extent on the tops of the forearms (areas that have had the most sun exposure) for over 11 years. Recently I went on a very low fat diet (for other reasons) but kept making sure I was getting enough essential fatty acids (omega 3 + correct ratio of omega 6). About 3 tablespoons of flax meal and a quarter cup of raw sunflower or pumpkin seeds every day with my big salad. I also juice spinach or dandelion or collard or kale 2-3 times a week and chug it down, and take a little spirulina twice a week. All these carotenoids and good fat (and control of total fat) have been making the keratoses disappear. Also have one non-keratosis brown spot that was beginning to worry me. It is visibly shrinking! Fun to watch this happening. It's hard to stop going under the light and staring at the progress a few times a day. You can almost watch as it happens. Now I am doing two more things to push it: applying no-stain Lugol's iodine solution some days, and other days or later the same day applying tiny bits of zeaxanthin and lutein from gel capsules. It stains my hands orange for a day or so but who cares! It's all obviously working. I'm so glad to finally be winning against these ugly little things.

I am 62 and have had actinic keratosis for at least 10 years. I have them on my forehead and cover them with my hair. However, I began juicing about six weeks ago, and I also started taking 10 drops of grapefruit seed extract every day. I started both about the same time. I noticed two days ago that all of the keratosis bumps are gone. Also, the sun damaged spots on my cheeks are gone. One little spot is fading. I am totally amazed and flabbergasted. I thought I would have the worst of them removed but now I don't have to. I have no idea if it is the juicing or the extract, or a coincidence, but something has caused them to disappear. I juice 1 green apple, 1/2 stalk broccoli, 2 stalks celery, 1 small beetroot, 1/2 cucumber, 2 carrots and a handful of spinach every day. I add 10 drops of grapefruit extract to it.

I was diagnosed squamous cell carcinoma on my shoulder, 5 years ago. It was surgically removed and not returned. I have numerous actinic lesions on my face and have used 5-flurouracil cream and liquid nitrogen every 2 years. I have to have this checked every year. I am 60 and had a great deal of sun exposure in the past. I worked outside for 20 years. I have been fortunate so far.

I have just found out a have an actinic keratosis, on my nose, the only way I found it, was that it felt sore where my glasses rested. Very tiny spot, with only a few crusts. The doctor has put me on Efudix cream for 12 weeks. It seems to be getting better, although the cream causes a lot of redness, and is sore under my specs.