Melasma and Pigmentation Can Fade…

Melasma and Pigmentation Can Fade if You Follow Our Beauty Editor’s Advice

1st April 2022

Pigmentation comes in so many forms. Whatever is causing you to experience this skin concern and whatever you call it—sun spots, hyperpigmentation, age spots, melasma—most of us have pigmentation to some degree. But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing you can do to prevent, fade, and treat existing spots.

It’s no great surprise that the main course of action is making changes to your skincare routine. Getting to the root of your pigmentation problem and what has caused it will help you determine the skincare ingredients and products that can help you tackle it.

“Pigmentation is the general term used to describe patches and spots of darkened skin. These spots and patches result from excess melanin production,” explains Nilam Holmes, skin specialist and founder of Dermaspa.

“There are different types of pigmentation, which mainly fall into two common categories: hyperpigmentation and melasma. The two forms are very different in nature and therefore have to be treated differently,” says Nilam…