Is Pigmentation Making YOU look Old?

Freckles are cute when you are young, but become ugly as you age.

Look at the faces of young children and babies and you will notice that one of the signs of a youthful face is the absence of pigmentation. Notice their clear skin, even texture and tone. Uneven pigmentation makes a face look older. It comes in a variety of forms. The most common is freckles caused through sun exposure – looks cute when you are a child, but increases in depth, spot size, colour and can develop into roughened patches in time.

Other skin conditions such as Melasma can be hormone related, caused through trauma (such as a burn) and also made worse by sun exposure. “Liver spots” or solar keratoses can be darker spots with roughened surface and need to be checked by a doctor before treatment as there is a small risk that these can become skin cancers.

Treatment of pigmentation is not straight forward and depending on the cause, severity and the heritage/colour of your skin a variety of treatments and techniques are required. Darker skins are trickier to treat, and need careful management by skilled aestheticians. Very often combined treatments are required; first we treat the stronger pigmentation and then the lighter areas. Treatments may include prescription de-pigmenting products, specialist peels, IPL and Laser. Once treatment is complete, prevention of new pigmentation will require the use of 30+SPF every day. Products like Skinstitut Even Blend Serum will help prevent the production of pigmentation if used daily as part of your skin care regime. If you are one of the lucky few that have avoided pigmentation so far then you probably have avoided prolonged sun exposure but look out for incidental sun exposure while driving (notice how car drivers often have a darker right side of their neck and passengers the left) and walking to the shops. Consider Skinstitut Even Blend Serum as a supplement to your skin care products.

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Deb Farnworth-Wood

Australian Skin Clinics