Beverly Hills Cosmelan doctors
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Rebecca Fitzgerald, MD
Los Angeles Dermatologist
321 N Larchmont Blvd Suite 906, Los Angeles |
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David Hansen, MD
Beverly Hills Dermatologic Surgeon
9201 W Sunset Blvd Ste. 612, Beverly Hills |
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Grant Stevens, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
4644 Lincoln Blvd #552, Marina Del Rey |
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Sanjay Grover MD
Orange County Plastic Surgeon
360 San Miguel Drive Suite 507, Newport Beach |
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Arnold W. Klein, MD
Beverly Hills Dermatologic Surgeon
9415 Brighton Way M110, Beverly Hills |
Recent Answers
If you want to lighten your complection and suffer from hyperpigmentation, How much lighter can it make you? (African Skin)
Cosmelan is designed to help blend areas of Hyperpigmentation. Sun exposure will darken any skin and promote increased color, both overall and as a catalyst for unwanted concentrations of pigment. As a long term program for actually lightening skin, you may seem some mild effects, but you won't be able to lift color substantially. In other words, don't look for a bleach effect.
By blending the hyper pigmented areas, you'll feel like your skin is lighter overall. Good skin care will provide more radiance and light reflection by preventing cell buildup which can make skin look ashy or darker.
Aggressively treating African skin can end up causing loss of natural pigmentation in an uneven way, so don't undertake a self-concocted lightening program.
Sun protection is your best friend when it comes to pigmentation control.
I'm a 24 year old F with a skin type 4, I've got post-acne pigmentation all over my back, I tried many txs including 6 sesions of microdermabrasion + medi wrap, 6 session of the Nd: yag and finally 4 sessions of TCA peel. However I still have plenty of pigmentation with an improvement of 20% max. I'm considering Cosmelan but during my research I read that its a temporary treatment for melasma where pigmentation will re-occur with time, I was wondering if thats true with post-acne pigmentation?
Only if you get new acne lesions. If you are prone to getting Post Inflammation Hyperpigmentation this can and will happen again. Cosmelan is a great option for Hyperpigmentation...
Hope this helps.
Dr. Grant Stevens
i had ipl done in jan2011 resulting in hyperpigmentation.i have been using hydroquinone 2% &retinol 0.025% at night and morning kojic acid cream.my skin reacts beautifully with hydroquinone but the marks becomes back to where i started once i stop using it. i have a combination of dermal n epidermal hyperpigmentation.have been advised futurtec by one dr , other dr suggested cosmelan n the third one suggested 10% tca peel. which is the most effective n safe
Hyperpigmentation from whatever cause will usually respond to bleaching creams well if you use them long enough. The fact that the pigmentation keeps recurring when you stop the bleaching creams means that you are getting exposed to light or irritation or hormone imbalances that is causing new hyperpigmentation to occur since the old hyperpigmentation disappears with the bleaching cream. Try weaning the bleaching cream down to every 3rd night and stay with it for a month then just once a week for a month. Some patients have melasma and will always need their bleaching cream at least weekly forever.
