Melasma battle

About four months now, I've just given so much to the condition , so much emotional energy , time and money and nothing works long term . I just can't do it to myself anymore so giving up was the only thing left to do. Thankfully it's facing probably because I'm no longer aggravating my skin every day with some type of chemical

It really is emotionally draining. You sound really positive and at peace with it. I think you have the right idea. I have discontinued my products and plan to give my face and my sanity a break.
Thanks for responding.I hope your improvement continues:)

I am in the same boat. I use organic aloe vera + neem face wash, scrub with rice powder and aloe vera gel few times a week, and use niacinmide serum twice daily. However, I had a dried urine test done with a practitioner and my results show massive hormonal imbalance. I will now be working on balancing my hormones . I don't know if I will have results on melasma but let's see..

btw, there is a new cream that maybe worth a try..it's called cysteamine hcl cream. research it..i cant use because i do sun gazing every morning. so , no spf or hats for me anymore..

I've just ordered it Mandy , guess one more things worth a try x

Sorry it uploaded then disappeared , I think I need to start a review of this method ?

These ingredients are not safe and will damage your skin in the long run. Their ph is too low. Don't think we should use this treatment for more than 1 month.

most ingredients in facial products are not safe, unless you go with natural ingredients

It's awful, must be tougher for you with the heat and humidity as well as sun. I'm lucky in that I live in the north of England so not much sun here

I feel that I was lucky wheb I only had melasma under my eyes easily covered with makeup. ..now I have more on cheeks n upper lip..All due to my stupidity. Wish I was smarter to appreciate what I had...

Don't be too hard on yourself , you weren't to know . I caused mine myself and it's a bitter pill to swallow

I think a lot of times the fault lies w modern medicine. I started birth control in my late 20s because I was getting some acne. Never in a million years did I think I would get melasma-I didn't know it even existed! I was never warned about side effects. Doctors need to do much better due dillegence when prescribing drugs. If I had known that posibility existed I believe I would not have tried it. This is such a devastating condition and the fact that it has no cure is reason enough for doctors to warn girls before they use synthetic forms of hormones. I should have known better; the one experience I had with birth control before that went terribly- my hair fell out, I had no period for a year and all sorts of issues after taking it for a short time when I was 19. Big mistake to try it again!

I have same story. I still blame myself for taking birth control for acne. That gave first patch of melasma. Doctors don't care!! They work like robots and prescribe common pills to all women. In uk , bcp is resolution for all skin , hair or period problems. It's so disgusting. Even if they precribe them to regulate periods they should get women off these pills quickly once some positive effects are noticed. I took pills for 4 years without any gap as I thought I was doing some good to myself by keeping acne away. Sometimes I feel we should sue these pharmaceutical companies for creating these pills and making us consume like regular food. It's still not stopped!! I feel angry as I don't want them to give these pills to young women and instead ask them to fix their diet or chance lifestyle etv

Same here. I would say 80 % of woman have melisma now because of treatments done or prescribed by doctors without them telling us to not go into the sun, overscrub the skin etc., and thrn they sell the abrasive products on top of it, which makes it worse. Mine was induced by oral antiviotics because of acne. Akne is still there have melisma all over face now because of these "super" treatments they sell for us. They are rich, and we suffer. Thank you to all these "Docktors".

I thought about that but it very quickly dries hard so I don't think it would work

Are you maintain your results? I'm too scared to try this incase it makes mine worse. I feel peels etc bought it out in my cheeks and moustache :(

Pamcat, are you also using hydrogen peroxide?

my mixture was watery, I just ended up putting the rest in the fridge

Add more baking soda

No I'm no longer using that , just the paste and gentle cleanser and moisturuser

Takemymask - too soon to tell but I'm now using the mixture just a few times a week to avoid irritation

I made a large batch & have continued to use it with no problems.

I made a large batch & have continued to use it with no problems.

I used listerine blue , the cool mint one. Honestly I put this on my face thinking how ridiculous it was but I'm so glad I did !!

And the best thing it costs less than £10 for all the ingredients which will make several applications

hi, can you also post some of your pictures? just the upper lip pigmentation, before and after?

Hi mandy, I've used porcelain previously but it irritated my skin. Surprised to find that the mouthwash paste thing hasn't irritated if I'm honest . I use original cool mint listerine . I've put 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp nizoral and 1 tsp mouthwash into a small dish and mixed together , it forms a foamy type paste ( if it's too runny I add a little more baking soda) . Then slap it onto the patches in circular motions and leave for about twenty mins. It dries hard. Then wash off and moisturise. No one is more surprised than me that the stash has responded so well, like I say it could be a combination of all the internal stuff I'm doing I don't know. I don't get the science behind it, except baking soda is alkali and it can be used to strip hair colour if your dye is too dark . Nizoral is maybe anti fungal or exfoliant ? As its dandruff shampoo and the mouth wash is anti bacterial . I'm hoping it keeps my skin clearer long term but who knows ? Maybe I'd have to keep doing it for life I really don't care . Just to fade it down to cover with make up would help massively . Try it , you never know. I'll keep you updated

sure, thanks for the quick update. yes, even if we have to use this mix every day to keep melasma gone, there is no harm really.. this makes me wonder if melasma is fungus or bacteria related.

I don't really have any pics, the Melasma has stripped my confidence that I just can't bear to do photos so I have none of before I'm afraid

i understand. i don't check mirrors anywhere as it ruins my mood.

I'm the same , mirrors and photos ruin my day but I have bravely checked since using this mix. It's all an improvement . I think other people say Melasma is fungal but then it can be related to many things

there are few women on this forum who have used this receipe. I checked, nizarol is an anti-fungal treatment and baking soda is anti bacterial. Maybe melasma has something to do with skin fungus. I am going to try this one too...nothing to lose really...

Marcheline I've found this posted on a few peoples reviews . I think the original poster was called katgrilla though I may be wrong , but it's a long thread and loads of people have tried it. I looked at it but thought no. Then more recently a young woman reviewed it , her review ' Melasma fading and so fast too' , mine had returned despite laser and I just thought what the hell. I'm not sure of the science but I do know that my stash is gone . The rest of my patches are more stubborn and darker but I see some fading so I'm continuing with the paste. It's cheap , it hasn't irritated and I'm seeing results. It's the craziest thing I've tried so far I honestly felt ridiculous slapping it on!

it could be temporary bleach!! I am like you only...don't trust anything like this will work but have ordered all the ingredients and now going to try it out and see what happens

is yours dermal melasma Pamcat? was it superficial on upper lip?

It could I have no idea how long results will last as such I'm continuing treating the upper lip area along with rest . Derm said my pigment was not too deep, not too shallow which I'm reading as mixture of dermal and epidermal . Tan colour in some lights , greyish in other lights. It has persisted for at least four years with varying degrees of improvement

Hey , how long it took for you to see results?

wowww thanks, I will try out this weekend and i will make a video of the process for others to see about this. I really hope this work for me too =) thanks again.

Hello mandybains, Could you post photos of the products i have been looking for them and with the Nizoral shampoo (i have seen they have 2 kinds so i am not sure which one to ge)t ..... Good luck dear and make photos of your process i will do it too.
My melasma is Mixed :/ so i hope this work.

Today I have applied a fourth paste to my skin, it's quickly worked . I honestly. Any believe it. It must act as bleach how could it take colour away so quickly otherwise?

baking soda can whitten stained teeth. nizarol has similar ingredients to athelete's foot cream that some people claim have cured their melasma. so, may be some kind of fungus/bacteria related...but we have to see whether you get clear skin and if that's long term. but weird things work for people. for example one woman had melasma removed just with a strong steriod cream, another with a urea 39 cream that's used for cracked foot and her dermatologist had prescribed it. i was going to try that first but may be after i try this one out. i hope give bit longer term results. applying this mix to your skin everyday for the long term will cause skin damage and wrinkles

Unfortunately the mixture began to irritate and most of the fading I saw was temporary. I use now only once a week. It's still better than it was though