Or as you know it.... dark spots, sun spots. Trying to get rid of pigmentation is hard enough but when you understand why it can make this much easier. As a gorgeously heavy toned Melanin bearing woman having dark spots is pretty difficult. In dark skin when we have hyperpigmentation which is when the melanocytes or melanin cells in our skin cells over produce melanin. First of all in all skin spectrums we have the same amount of melanocytes! But the type of melanin it produces is darker and thicker within darker skin tones hence much more tricky to treat.
Now lets briefly understand our hyperpigmentation, this is usually as a response mainly to trauma, but also hormones and medication. Lets focus on the most likely cause by trauma. This can be in the form of an acne breakout, a spot that you've picked, exposure to harmful uv rays an aggressive skin procedure like laser, chemical peels and micro needling. The problem here. is these are almost unavoidable events and your skin is just acting way too dramatic.
The process of removing this area of pigmentation as a result off said examples of trauma is dealt with in 2 processes. Where removing the visible damage, the visible pigment on the top layer of the skin can be done in several methods and the final process is working on the cells itself to reduce that pigment production and even intercept it so it normalises. Now its important to know the melanocytes are there to protect you for example when you get nice and tan in the sun. Thats your cells actually becoming damaged. Its a complete trauma response.
These 2 processes are approached by topical creams or in clinic treatments. But that go hand in hand and you do one and forgo the other. IK suppose it could. be 3 processes because once you remove your superficial dark spots and manage how your melanocytes behave you have to protect the healthy new cells. So SPF!
In clinic this is now an absolute must when dealing with dark spots, acne scars and even the hormonal melasma. Now if you think I missed something or you want to know send me a message on the contact me now button to find out.
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