The common question:
"How to fade Hyperpigmentation and Discoloration?"
It does require patience and consistency.Clearing up your acne is not an easy process, it throws you into different challenges like acne scarring or hyper-pigmentation.
How to Fade Post Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation?
Dealing with skin issues like:discoloration, melasma, sun spots, age spots,those kind of brown spots are the hardest challenges we have to face.
"With the right skincare products and ingredients and the right practice,you will eventually tackle these issues"
So first,let's talk about what your skincare routine should look like!
Number 1: You have to have a serum or an ampoule or an essence that has a very potent effective and active ingredient that can really interfere with the melanin production.So this is going to be a little bit of preventative method or it actually does tackle the ongoing hyper-pigmentation process.The active ingredients that you guys have to look for should be according to your skin concern, otherwise your issue can get worse.
Number 2: "To Moisturize".If your moisture barrier is compromised or is somewhat damaged,your skin is going to delay in the healing process that's why it's so important to make it function by itself.By keeping our skin moisturized,we keep our sebum production level regular and consistent,so always moisturize your skin.
Number 3 : Every single day, even though you're indoors or outdoors,don't forget to put on your sunscreen.There's no point of doing any steps of skincare, if you don't use sunscreen.
Number 4: Use a chemical exfoliator occasionally like AHA, such as the Glycolic Acid, Lactic Acid, Mandelic Acid.What these are going to do is,these are going to push that accelerate that alerts turnover so that your healing process kinds of speeds up a little bit and it's going to buff away all the dead skin cells on top so your skin is going to be more resurface and retextured and also it is more likely to have less textural issue and your skin is finally healed.
Last but not least,you have to have patience in your skincare routine and commitment! just give like at least 2 to 3 months to see results with this skincare routine.
Now you might want to know what ingredients we should look for before buying your skincare products for fighting issues like:
acne scars,hyperpigmentation,discoloration.
Let's talk about the active ingredients to look for in the serum.
Vitamin A:
This is Retin-A, Retinoic Acid and over-the-counter it's called Retinol.It can be irritating when you first start it,there is going to be a certain amount of purging stage as well. It is the only clinically-proven ingredient that can actually rewind the clock of your skin because it can not only diminish the uneven skin tone or hyper-pigmentation or acne and also repair the damage of the DNA in the skin cell, with vitamin A derivative, you do need a lot of patience to see results,so if you start using it, do commit to it and do keep using it.
Niacinamide:
We have Vitamin B3 aka Niacinamide.It's amazing at suppressing melanin production,but not only that it's amazing anti-aging ingredient,it's amazing moisturizing ingredient that has a great anti-inflammatory property as well as, it does regulate the sebum production. This is a very good everyday kind of preventative method.
Vitamin C:
This vitamin actually does deserve appreciation.Anything with "Ascorbic" or anything with "Ascorbyl" will be somewhat related to Vitamin C.Among numerous Vitamin C derivative,still, L-Ascorbic Acid is supposed to be the gold standard and the most commonly used Vitamin C derivative.So you will find it in a lot of skincare products already.
Arbutin:
Arbutin is a close relative of Hydroquinone and it actually took Hydroquinone and tweaked it a little bit they made it to Alpha-Arbutin and Beta-Arbutin Science!It was really really popular back in the days but actually Niacinamide took over its place because Niacinamide is supposed to be way more stable in formulation.It's well tolerated to a lot of people and it's way cheaper but Arbutin is known to be a good brightening ingredient.Bearberry extract is supposed to be the origin of Arbutin,so that's why you see a lot of bearberry extract in brightening skincare products.When you topically apply this it actually converts into Hydroquinone inside our skin and it suppresses the melanin production.
Another 2 ingredients to look for if you're really fond of natural ingredients,they are:Mulberry extract as well as Licorice root extract to help you out coping with issue of hyperpigmentation/ acne scars.
There are some amazing oils with skin regenerating properties,there are some for you too:
Tamanu oil:
The Tamanu oil is actually supposed to treat Eczema, extreme sunburns,scaly skin or acne and acne scars and even stretch marks, because it has an amazing wound healing and skin regenerating and skin rejuvenating property and you can see results.
Rose Hip oil:
Rose Hip Seed Oil is super rich in Vitamin A Retinoic Acid,that's why it can actually go deep inside the skin and push the cellular turnover and regenerate new skin,it's also rich in Vitamin C which can help brightening up your complexion, evening out the complexion and it's a dry oil, which is high in Linoleic Acid,so it's supposed to be well tolerated with oily skin types,so that's why it's so popular among acne-prone skin types.
Sea Buckthorn oil:
It is really popular to fade acne scarring and also it can actually do clear up acne because it has a wonderful anti-inflammatory property,it's really high in anti-oxidant as well,so it's really beloved by a variety of skin types,but the thing is, it's a little bit heavy so it is high in Oleic acid, it's going to be kind of heavy for oily skin type or acne-prone skin type to use but you can use it as a spot treatment.
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