Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K. Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon,

and it's time for a five-minute

Friday. Yay, Friday. We are going to talk about pigmentation because it's the end of summer,

and I want you guys to help prevent and improve your post-summer dark spots and pigmentation.

We've had a good summer, right? So it went by so fast,

way too fast. But one of the things I love about summer is the beautiful weather. Of course,

the sun is going to wreak havoc on your skin, dark spots, hyperpigmentation, uneven skin

tone. These are very common concerns that when the end of summer rolls around, you start to notice these things popping up on your face.

And the recent weather, the high UV index, holes in the ozone layer, all these things are contributing to sun damage.

And as you know, photo damage or sun damage causes 90% of your aging changes just

think about that number 90% of the reason your skin gets old is the sun I really hope you're

wearing your sunscreen because it's so preventable nonetheless even if you wear sunscreen

you can still get dark spots forming.

This is a perfect time at the end of summer, at the end of every season, to revamp and treat

yourself to a peel or a pigmentation treatment. I do it all the time. Getting rid of summer

sunspots is so critical at the end of summer. What exactly are these dark spots in hyperpigmentation areas?

So hyperpigmentation itself, the definition is uneven dark patches or spots on the skin,

primarily caused by sun exposure.

Some people call these age spots, sun spots.

The most common culprit of hyperpigmentation is

inflammation so post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation and melasma are both triggered by uv radiation

exposure heat hormones and when you're exposed to these things the melanocytes under the skin develop a boost of their

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