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The
Hyper pigmentation Solutions aisle features a wide variety of skin
bleaching cream brands, lightening creams, and specialized bleaching
ointments that can help prevent and minimize hyper pigmentation that
can occur during recovery from laser skin resurfacing. Following
laser resurfacing, mild or considerable skin hyper pigmentation and
skin blotchiness/ splotchiness may temporarily develop and lead to
the skin tone becoming darker than normal. Temporary
hyper pigmentation may be due to post-inflammatory hyper
pigmentation
as well as due to reaction to the laser procedure. Hyper
pigmentation
is a normal symptom that a good number of patients may experience
during recovery. The symptom can take anywhere from several weeks
and up to several months to disappear. A bleaching or lightening
cream or ointment is often recommended to help prevent pigmentation
changes, minimize the possibility of hyper pigmentation, help fade
hyper pigmentation that has occurred, and help regulate the skin
color. Many hyper pigmentation treatments contain topical
hydroquinone, which produces a reversible de-pigmentation of the skin
by inhibiting melanin production. Additionally, skin lighteners and
bleaching creams/agents may contain kojic acid, which is also
effective in lightening the skin by preventing the production of new
melanin. Your physician may recommend using a skin bleaching cream
as a pretreatment during pre-op, or during post-op, or have you use
a bleaching cream both during pre-op and post-op.
Beyond using
hyper pigmentation products following laser skin resurfacing, these
products are also effective for treating many other types of skin
discolorations, including, age and liver spots caused by the sun,
freckles, pigmentation in the skin that may result from pregnancy or
the use of oral contraceptives.
The Store
also features products for hypo pigmentation, which is a far more
rare symptom than hyper pigmentation. Hypo pigmentation is the
opposite of hyper pigmentation and results in temporary lightening of
the skin.
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