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The most common types of pigmentation are age spots, melasma and post inflammatory pigmentation.
We recommend coming into clinic for us to assess your skin and decide on the best course of action to reduce and remove the pigmenation.
Types of pigmentation
Age Spots.
These are small dark patches of darker skin, which tend to develop on sun-exposed areas of skin such as the forehead, around the eyes, on the sides of the face, chest, back of the hands and forearms. However, they can appear anywhere on the body that you tend to have exposed to the sun, the most. You may also hear these being called liver spots, sun spots or age posts.
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Melasma is usually present on the face and presents itself as a mirror image on each side of the face, commonly known as the pregnancy masks of chloasma in pregnant women. However, if you are a woman, you are at an increased risk if you taking hormones such as with birth control medication and hormone replacement therapy.
Trauma on the skin causes an inflammatory response, and as a result can cause post inflammatory hyperpigmentation. This can often reduce in appearance with time, however, sun exposure whilst the skin is darker can exacerbate the pigment in the skin.
