Thank you for your enquiry. In order to properly treat pigmentation, we have to first ascertain the causes of your specific problem. We take different approaches to different types of pigmentation. So for example, if your pigmentation is purely from sun exposure and it’s very superficial, we will do well treating it with topicals (and some superficial treatments). If it is hormonal, you need a combination of oral supplementation, treatments and topicals to maintain the treatment results, and this is something you would have to manage for the rest of your life. If you pigmentation is post inflammatory, then you also need a combination approach as you will have a mix of deep and superficial pigmentation. As a general rule, to get you on the right track i would say, regardless of your type of pigmentation, take the necesary steps to make sure your skin does not get any worse, by: 1) Wearing a good SPF every day; 2) Get onto a night product that contains a high amount of Vit A or Retinol (to inhibit more pigment froming in the area of concern and to start treating what is already there); 3) Start taking a powerful oral antioxidant supplement.
This would be a good starting point regardless of the type of pigmentation you have and will be good preparation for any treatments you may need. I would not leave it there though. If this is a big concern for you, I would suggest you have a pigmentation consult with an aesthetic doctor or well qualified aesthetic therapist, so that you get on to the right course from the start. Are you close enough to one of our Skin Renewal Branches so that we can assist you with this?
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