My test is producing some results now. I don't want to post before and after pics here, because for whatever reason this forum does not instill trust. That's another conversation. Let me give you the results as I understand them.
Using the protocol above, I focused in on the three largest age spots on my hand for the test. If you were to google image "hand age-spots" you will see exactly what my before picture would look like, except there are just three noticeable ones, and not much more.
Anyway, the after test, while still ongoing has shown positive results. It is still a light red from the tissue injury described above. But at this point, I think I can safely say that it is healing and the former age spots look like they have gone away. I could be wrong and may need to wait a few more days though.
Anyway, lets assume that my observations are correct and unbiased. There's only one confounding variable I can think of, and that is the tissue injury itself. It is well known that tissue injury is often the first step to regeneration. In this case, I did it because I figured it was a necessary but insufficient condition for healing. However, I suppose it's possible that tissue injury, like micro-needling, also clears age-spots. I'm not a girl, so I wouldn't know. It would see that if it did, we would know about it though. Nevertheless, I will do a control and injure another spot if I can find one.
What do you guys think? Are you able to comment and provide insights without pics? I know it's difficult. From what I understand, a large part of age spots are in fact senescent cells. And skin has possibly the largest % of senescent cells in the body as we age. So, IMHO, it's a pretty great way to do ongoing tests. Obviously it's all proof-of-principle at this point. Since Fisetin works on Fibroblasts, this may be another, much cheaper way to test.
Edited by OP2040, 10 September 2019 - 01:47 PM.