Dark Spot Treatment with Depigmentation
Lentigines, age spots, melasma, or post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation can appear on the body or face. Aesthetic medicine treatments or natural treatments can help reduce the appearance of dark spots on the face.
Combine Kligman’s Trio and Depigmenting Treatments with GliSODin Skin Brightening
GliSODin formulas work in synergy with your creams to enhance their effectiveness. They work from within, where damage occurs. When combined with depigmenting creams, dark spots fade and the complexion becomes brighter and more even.
What Are Depigmenting Treatments?
Whether they are genetic, appear after sun exposure, or develop over time, dark spots can be a cosmetic concern. It is possible to reduce their appearance. Depigmenting treatments can take the form of medications, aesthetic procedures, or cosmetic products and are designed to treat hyperpigmentation.
These treatments are based on one principle: they work directly by reducing melanin production within the cells responsible for producing it, the melanocytes.
Depigmentation treatments for dark spots can also work through another mechanism by accelerating skin cell renewal. In this case, melanin production becomes insufficient to meet the needs of the renewing cells. This result can be achieved through procedures such as peels, lasers, or dermabrasion, or with medical treatments such as hydroquinone.
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How Do Depigmenting Treatments Work?
Natural Treatments
Some natural remedies can help reduce the appearance of melasma or naturally treat age spots. Their effects are far from dramatic, and the results may be limited. Lemon is well known for its lightening properties due to its high vitamin C content, and lemon juice can be applied to dark spots. Essential oils such as carrot or geranium can be diluted in a plant oil and applied to the face to help reduce dark spots on the skin. Apple cider vinegar may help balance the skin’s pH and even out the complexion by removing dead skin cells and stimulating cell renewal. Medical treatments, laser sessions, or cosmetic products may provide more effective solutions.
Aesthetic Procedures
Cryotherapy is one of the most accessible treatments for dark spots. The spots are treated by applying cold liquid nitrogen. This technique is recommended for fair skin with well-defined dark spots.
Pigment laser treatment uses a beam of light to target melanin stored in pigmented lesions. It can be used to treat age spots, melasma, and freckles.
Intense pulsed light is another option for targeting pigmentation spots and stimulating the skin’s natural renewal process.
Peels can be used to treat melasma, pregnancy-related pigmentation, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, or pigmentation spots that have not responded to other treatments. Depigmenting peels use acids: a mask containing active ingredients is applied to the face to help regulate melanin production. The skin is exfoliated using a chemical agent that targets dark spots.
Dermabrasion is another option that involves removing the upper layer of the epidermis, eliminating the skin’s surface layer along with dark spots. This method can be quite aggressive on the skin and is not recommended for thin skin.
Kligman’s Trio
This preparation, in the form of an ointment containing hydroquinone, a corticosteroid, and retinoic acid, can be used for melasma or post-inflammatory dark spots. Kligman’s Trio helps lighten the skin, provides an anti-inflammatory effect, and accelerates skin cell renewal. It can help reduce the size and intensity of dark spots on the skin. However, this preparation must be prescribed by a doctor and prepared by a pharmacist.
Creams and Cosmetics
Depigmenting creams help make dark spots lighter and less visible. Some contain plant extracts. Vitamin C, AHAs (fruit acids), azelaic acid, and kojic acid are among the most common active ingredients used to target skin pigmentation and are frequently found in anti-dark-spot creams. Other creams contain hydroquinone, salicylic acid, or tretinoin. Not all of these products are authorized in France, and most are only available by prescription. Sensitive skin may not always tolerate these creams, which can cause dryness, irritation, or itching.
Which Dietary Supplements Can Complement the Effects of Depigmenting Treatments?
Depigmenting treatments can be combined with dietary supplements that work from within and in synergy with topical skincare or aesthetic procedures. Recently, the GliSODin ingredient was used in a clinical study on melasma to evaluate the synergistic effect of oral supplementation combined with depigmenting creams and sunscreens. Under dermatological supervision, the results showed a threefold visible reduction in dark spots compared with the use of a depigmenting cream alone.
This effectiveness can be found in the GliSODin Skin Brightening formula, rich in melon SOD and antioxidant and skin-evening ingredients. This beauty dietary supplement helps prevent the appearance of imperfections and helps the skin regain a more even complexion.