Diminish the intensity of dark spots and pigmented skin

Pigmentation means skin’s discolouration. Skin pigmentation disorders affect the colour of your skin. Your skin gets its colour from a pigment called melanin. Special cells in the skin make melanin. When these cells become damaged or unhealthy,it affects melanin production. Some pigmentation disorders affect just patches of skin, others affect your entire body.

PIGMENTATION

Pigmentation means skin’s discolouration. Skin pigmentation disorders affect the colour of your skin. Your skin gets its colour from a pigment called melanin. Special cells in the skin make melanin. When these cells become damaged or unhealthy, it affects melanin production. Some pigmentation disorders affect just patches of skin, others affect your entire body.

TOP TIPS TO COMBAT PIGMENTATION

There are commonly three main types of hyper-pigmentation:

• Post-inflammatory hyper-pigmentation (PIH). This occurs following skin injury from acne lesions, psoriasis, burns, friction and even certain professional skin care treatments. It begins to fade as the skin regenerates itself, though this process can take a few months or more. PIH can be successfully treated with topical lightening creams
• Lentigines. These are commonly known as liver spots or age spots. Although they do become more prevalent with age – they are found on 90% of light-skinned individuals over the age of 60, they are not directly caused by the ageing process and are more likely related to UV exposure
• Melasma. This is caused by hormonal fluctuations, for example, during pregnancy, with thyroid dysfunction, and through use of birth control pills and hormone replacement therapy. Lightening creams can be useful in treating melasma

Protection from the sun, it is very important to protect your skin from the sun. Wear a sunscreen with UVA and UVB protection every day.

Use anti-oxidants in your daily skin care regimen to fight the potential or accumulated sun damage.

Chemical peels involve a chemical being applied to the skin to cause the top layers to shed, and can be useful for mild discolouration. The most effective chemicals peels on the market contain a combination of various acids which is highly effective in treating various pigmentation problems on the skin.

Some prescription drugs can increase melanin production and bring about hyper-pigmentation. In order to keep yourself as fully informed as possible always ask the doctor or pharmacist about any medications, you are taking that might cause hyper-pigmentation.

Dead skin cells, by using a gentle exfoliating cleanser which helps to take off the dead skin cells and helps to even your skin tone.

Keep moisturised, use appropriate moisturisers to soothe and moisturise the skin in addition to your lightening skin care regimen.