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Obagi Nu Derm for Hyperpigmentation

UPDATED FROM tamsinden
6 months post

Right back where I started

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tamsindenSeptember 30, 2016
$400
My skin has gone back to how it was before Obagi... It's actually WORSE. I have breakouts every week and the spots hurt this time and are quite red, I am desperate to get good skin again and the only think that actually worked for me was Obagi but I just can't see myself using it for ever . I really do not know what to do.

I am going to try the dermaroller/microneedling to fade my hyper pigmentation in a couple of weeks.

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Help My Skin
October 11, 2016
try doing nothing for a while. Your skin looks irritated, castor oil, vitamin e oil, vitamin c serum, and a cleanser/toner from the simple brand. Worked for me x
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tamsinden
October 11, 2016
Thank you! I will give it a go x
skinhelp1
March 20, 2017
What about the obagi fx version (hydroquinone free). Supposed to be same great results just with a natural ingredient proven to lighten called Arbutrin. Have you tried it?
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tamsinden
March 20, 2017
I haven't, but I don't really like Obagi to be honest and will be sticking to the dermapen, as I seem to be getting better results! But thank you!
skinhelp1
March 20, 2017
:) no problem. Best of luck!
yia
September 2, 2017
Dermapen really helped with my melasma around the mouth and on the sides of my cheeks. I did it for wrinkles and to my surprise it really helped to break up the melasma. It took 3 sessions to make most of it go away, and interestingly when I went in the sun this summer I expected it to come back in force but it only came back a little bit.
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tamsinden
September 4, 2017
That's where most of my melasma is so I will have it again around that area,I really like this treatment !
UPDATED FROM tamsinden
6 months post

Not worth it

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tamsindenSeptember 18, 2016
Personally I don't think Invisalign was worth it. After coming of the system my skin went back to how it was in terms of hyper pigmentation. I can't exactly fault the system for what it does, because it DOES work. I am unhappy simply because like everything else. As soon as you stop using the products your skin will probably go back to how it was. Obagi is not something I want to use for the rest of my like because I don't want to use so min hydroquinine, and would like to spend more time out in the sun without worrying about my sensitive skin which was apparent when using the system. I would definetely recommend it for someone who is going to use it for long term use but for me, I would not use it again.

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UPDATED FROM tamsinden
6 months post

Finishing with Obagi

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tamsindenSeptember 10, 2016
I have stopped using Obagi now and have not used it for about a month. I do not think my pigmentation has returned as bad as it was but it is definitely more visible on my forehead and cheeks. I have also had a LOT of breakouts but would like to now try different products as opposed to Obagi as Inever wanted to use the system long term.

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hobe
September 10, 2016
There are lots of medical grade skin care product lines, like obagi, out there. I have been using medical grade for a little over a year and my skin has never looked better. (I'm almost 60). You may want to try retinol. It is a baby dose of retin a (tretinoin).
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tamsinden
September 11, 2016
Thank you! (:
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