Pigmentation

Pigmentation means colouring. Skin pigmentation disorders affect the color of your skin. Your skin gets its color from a pigment called melanin. Special cells in the skin make melanin. When these cells become damaged or unhealthy, it affects melanin production. Some pigmentation disorders affect just patches of skin. Others affect your entire body.

If your body makes too much melanin, your skin gets darker. Pregnancy, Addison's disease, and sun exposure all can make your skin darker. If your body makes too little melanin, your skin gets lighter. Vitiligo is a condition that causes patches of light skin. Albinism is a genetic condition affecting a person's skin. A person with albinism may have no color, lighter than normal skin color, or patchy missing skin color. Infections, blisters and burns can also cause lighter skin.

Treatments and Therapies

• Chemical Peels 
• Dermabrasion 
• Laser Therapy 

ESSENTIAL DO’S AND DON’T’S OF HYPER PIGMENTATION:

Do's	DON’T’S
DO WEAR SUNSCREEN RELIGIOUSLY DO LIMIT THE TIME U SPEND UNDER DIRECT SUN.	DON’T RUB YOUR FACE DON’T PICK, SQUEEZE, POP OR MESS WITH U R SKIN AS IT CAN FURTHER WORSEN YOUR SKIN.
DO ALWAYS CONSULT A DERMATOLOGIST FOR THE TREATMENT.	DON’T HANG OUT IN THE SAUNA OR HOT TUB.
DO STICK TO THE SKIN CARE REGIME DEVISED BY YOUR DERMATOLOGIST.	DON’T OVERUSE CHEMICAL EXFOLIANTS LIKE ACIDS, EZYMES AND RETINOIDS.
DO TRY TO KEEP U R SKIN COOL AS HEAT TRIGGERS HYPERPIMENTATION.	DON’T WAX OR BLEACH AREAS OF YOUR FACE AFFECTED BY HYPER PIGMENTATION.