Hyper pigmentation - help !

[cazza40]

I have freckles which as I age seem to be merging into each other - I hate it ! I have been using Clinique even better serum and moisturiser for a good year plus and it has helped to some degree but surely there must be something better out there - or a mask I should be using ? Any advice would be appreciated !

Try this kit. The most that you have to lose is about £8-9 as p&p is £5 and return P&p would be a little less. It is on easypay and so your whole intitial outlay would be less that £20 (then you just pay £12.33 every 30 days for another 3 payments if it works for you - if not send it back and you get the £12.33 that you initially paid debited back to your card). The wash you use everyday and the night cream every night. The mask you use twice a week for two weeks and then once a week thereafter. I have had great rusults with it for resurfacing my mildly scarred skin and I know a guy who uses it for a pigmentation patch on his forehead. Worth a try as you can continue to use the clinique too.

Also - the mask and wash are the same ones elemis use in their tri-enzyme facial which is £118 a session at the Mayfair salon!

Thanks mrsmartin I will definitely give it a go. I had an Elemis facial years ago and loved the products but never got round to buying any !

Well they are so expensive...but that tri enzyme kit and this pcmc kit make it relatively affordable.

When I lived in Australia there was a brand .... I might be getting confused but I m nearly sure it was sk II ...( Cate blanchette was/is the face f the brand )
They had lots of supposedly excellent skin whitening stuff .... I used their face pack treatment a few times and I do thing it helped (total freckle face here)
I don't know of they re available here or not but they were the bees knees back then .. Maybe worth a look into??

Think Sk11 is quite pricey ? Has anyone tried Alpha h white gold ?

not the white gold but liquid gold is very good - harsher than tri-enzymes though. Google and see what whitening products are hot in China...they go crazy for those kinds of products

For severe pigmentation the only product that works is Hydroquinoine.

Look up Obagi products - they are pricey but they really do work to transform your skin.

Also try peels from a professional aesthetician (glycolic with correct PH balance). This will work if your pigment is superficial only.

I suffer from pigmentation and can honestly say that the above methods work. I wouldn't waste money on the products bought from department stores.

Watching this thread with great interest as also have awful hyper-pigmementation. I've read a bit about Obagi, but there's such an array available I'm utterly confused as to which would be the right choice. I'd go for a peel but want to avoid the down time (3-5 days, right?)???

Have heard of Obagi too. I think you can buy a starter kit of products not sure I would go for a peel because of how long it would take your skin to look calm again

I'm having success with vitamin c powder. Have a look at the reviews on makeupalley for the homemade vitamin c serum.

Some of the recipes look a bit complicated, but essentially, it's a wee bit of vit c powder and some distilled water (I used distilled rosewater from the baking aisle). You can bung in extras, but the vit c is where it's at.

Cazza, there are some fabulous peels with minimum down time. I recently had a glycolic peel and didn't peel at all. I also had an Obagi Radiance peel two weeks ago and the results are wonderful - so clear and fresh and I also bought the starter kit so the combination is excellent.

Whizzkid can I ask you how much the radiance peel cost - did you go to a beauty salon ?

Amazon sell the Obagi Nuderm www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=obagi+nu+derm&tag=googhydr-21&index=drugstore&hvadid=17221214150&ref=pd_sl_24afpp09ra_b
And there's quite a lot of info here www.miloclinic.com/treatments/obagi-chemical-peels.aspx ,scroll to the bottom for american style infomercials.

I'm so tempted to try this, just wary about which of the many products to use!!

Sunblock!

Perfect and protect serum from Boots got better results for me than the Clinique stuff.

Dermalogica Day Bright can help disguise it a bit.

Cazza, the radiance peel is around £70 - £90. I can't remember as they had an offer and yes, I did go to a salon. I'd never do a peel by myself as there are so many factors that need professional attention.

Renew Medica have a few salons - www.renewmedica.com/

You can purchase Obagi products online, however, the active ingredients are prescription only so you'll need to visit the salon to get them. Hepsi - there are a lot of products, but it works on a cellular level and it really does work. You get used to all the products and yes, SUNSCREEN is hugely important and I love www.heliocare.co.uk/

Whiz kid thanks so much think I might kick start a new regime with that facial

Cazza, the radiance peel is around £70 - £90. I can't remember as they had an offer and yes, I did go to a salon. I'd never do a peel by myself as there are so many factors that need professional attention.

Renew Medica have a few salons - www.renewmedica.com/

You can purchase Obagi products online, however, the active ingredients are prescription only so you'll need to visit the salon to get them. Hepsi - there are a lot of products, but it works on a cellular level and it really does work. You get used to all the products and yes, SUNSCREEN is hugely important and I love www.heliocare.co.uk/