How to Treat and Melasma and Hyperpigmentation #shorts

I'm a 39 year old board certified dermatologist and let me tell you, I've had my own struggles with melasma and hyperpigmentation. This is me at the height of my melasma flare up when I was not using a consistent routine targeting the pigment pathway. The fact of the matter is, when you're dealing with melasma or hyperpigmentation, it is not a single ingredient story, multi ingredient story. Because you have to target the pigment pathway at different checkpoints, starting with the melanocyte, the cell itself that produces pigment. You can shut that baby down. Within the melanocyte, melanin gets that checkpoint can also be shut down through tyrosinase inhibitors. Once the melanin is made, it gets put into tiny little parcels, also known as melanosomes. And these melanosomes then get distributed throughout your skin, which is another checkpoint which can be targeted as well. And the pigment once produced in your skin, can also be broken down.