The Best Treatments to Reverse Hyperpigmentation
We all want soft, smooth, glowing skin, but hyperpigmentation often has other plans. If your skin is marred by discoloration, it’s not out of your control! Learn more about hyperpigmentation and try these treatments to reverse discoloration and embrace gorgeous skin you’re proud to flaunt.
What is Hyperpigmentation?
Your hair and skin contain something called melanin, which is responsible for creating color. When melanin becomes overproduced in certain places on your skin, it can cause those spots to look darker than the surrounding skin.
Sun exposure is a major cause of hyperpigmentation, because the sun stimulates melanin production in the skin. These marks are often called sun spots, age spots, and liver spots. Hormonal changes, such as those that occur during pregnancy, are also known to cause hyperpigmentation in the form of splotched pigment marks.
Start with Prevention
Since sun exposure causes the most hyperpigmentation, the easiest prevention measure is to simply apply sunscreen every two hours when out in the sun. Or, just stay in the shade! It can also help to add a vitamin C and antioxidant serum on your skin every night to encourage the skin to heal as you sleep.
The Most Effective Treatments for Hyperpigmentation
Chemical peels, lasers, and microneedling can all help to stimulate skin cell renewal so that skin without hyperpigmentation replaces the damaged, pigmented skin.
One of the most effective treatments is Fraxel laser treatment. This hyperpigmentation therapy uses small pulses of laser beams to create controlled microscopic wounds under areas of hyperpigmentation. The wounds force the body’s natural healing process to kick in at super speed to replace damaged tissue with smoother, younger, unblemished skin.
The treatment takes a mere 15-45 minutes. It’s non-surgical, easily managed, and very safe. Results show in as little as one week. Up to five treatments can be used over the span of a few months to ensure maximum results.
Microneedling is another option. This popular treatment achieves similar results with the use of radio frequency technology that stimulates collagen and elastin production into high gear. A total of 25 sterilized gold plated micro-needles send radio frequency deep into the skin to promote comprehensive healing and skin improvement. With four to five treatments per month, hyperpigmentation can fade by at least 50 percent.
Get the Skin You Want Today
Why wait to reverse signs of skin damage and embrace a youthful, radiant appearance? The team at Ultimate Image Cosmetic Medical Center in Clearwater, Florida is here to help you achieve all of your aesthetic goals. Call (727) 799-7000 to learn more and schedule your appointment.