645: How to Prevent & Treat Hyperpigmentation

Beauty Bytes with Dr. Kay: Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon™

Kay Durairaj, MD, FACS @beautybydrkay

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5 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Dark Spots, Hyperpigmentation, Brightening Treatments - Join us in this week's Five Minute Friday as we dive into the world of hyperpigmentation and effective ways to brighten pesky brown spots! Hyperpigmentation results from various causes, including sun damage, hormonal changes like pregnancy, post-inflammatory conditions, and trauma. Dr. Kay discusses how to inhibit these changes by using protective sunscreens, anti-inflammatory treatments, and melanin production blockers such as tyrosinase inhibitors. She also shares some of her favorite botanical brighteners, including vitamin C, kojic acid, and niacinamide - highlighting their benefits in achieving even, luminous skin. Tune in to learn about the best practices and products to maintain a smooth and radiant complexion this summer!

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0:00.0	Well, hello, hello, guys, you're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K., Secrets of a Plastic Surgeongeon and it's time for a five-minute Friday.
0:21.2	I'm going to talk to you all about hyperpigmentation and brightening your brown spots.
0:27.4	So if you are noticing pigmentation changes, it generally comes from several different causes,
0:33.7	one being the sun and solar damage, giving you solar lentigenies or darkening brown spots.
0:41.5	Number two, being from hormonal changes such as pregnancy, giving you a condition called mollasma.
0:49.0	Number three, post-inflammatory conditions where you've had irritation, acne, or irregular patches develop in the
0:57.9	skin that cause pigment to occur after this inflammatory cascade. And number four might be from
1:04.7	trauma, abrasion, or scarring that can happen to the skin. These are the biggest causes of hyperpigmentation,
1:12.4	and none of them need to happen. We can inhibit all of these different things. We can inhibit
1:19.5	sun damage by wearing a protective, reflective sunscreen, like a mineral-based zinc or titanium.
1:25.1	We can inhibit changes related to post-inflammatory pigmentation
1:29.6	by reducing active acne breakouts or treating with anti-inflammatory ingredients. We can reduce
1:36.1	melasma changes by stopping the production of excess melanin by using products like tyrosanase
1:43.4	inhibitors that block melanin production.
1:45.9	And we can reduce hopefully scarring by avoiding irritation of the skin surface and skin
1:51.1	injuries. The bottom line is brightening the skin is going to make you feel better about yourself.
1:57.0	You don't have to have light white skin to look good. You have to have skin that has even
2:01.9	tonations and really like a pearlescent, illuminant quality to it. So I like the idea of
2:09.8	brightening skin because as we age, skin is going to become modeled, it's going to become
2:14.8	irregular, it's going to become weathered looking. And the more we
2:18.6	smoothen out and even our skin tones and brighten our skin, the more beautiful the skin surface
2:24.4	looks, the more reflective of light and the more illuminated it looks. And what are the things we can
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