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I have a dark patchy corners in my lips and my mouth is darker than my face. What should I do? (Photo)

dikshadubeyMar 4, 2020
I am using hydroquinone cream as doctor consulted but there is not a difference shown to me. And my lip become dry again and again and I apply Vaseline all time but darkness isn't gone.

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Dr. Reuel Aspacio, MD, FAAD - Account Suspended
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Somyos Kunachak, MD - Account Suspended

Hi Compassionate11769, With your normal skin tone, the use of laser will have higher risk, but you can definitely try pigment laser to lighten the areas that you want to lighten. It may however take several sessions to achieve evenness of the skin tone. 

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Sanjay Azad, MS, FRCSEd

I believe doing this is going to be difficult.The skin lightening creams do not penetrate that deeply. For any procedure to work it has to go into the deeper layers of the dermis. So options like Laser could be considered.It will all depend what is your aesthetic goal. 

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Reuel Aspacio, MD, FAAD - Account Suspended

Hi there,I am not sure if that is from sun exposure; that should be evaluated by a dermatologist.Once diagnosed then treatments to considered from sun exposure would be Topical medical grade system such as Obagi; chem peels and possible laser once the skin has been properly pretreated. See an e...

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