A short YouTube clip by a 40-year-old board-certified dermatologist giving practical advice to achieve an even skin tone. Key claims: vitamin C is not a miracle and is only one of many useful ingredients (about 10–15), and laser treatments should supplement—rather than replace—consistent at-home skincare for discoloration and hyperpigmentation.
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Skincare mistakes to avoid if you want to age like a fetus coming from a 40 year old board certified dermatologist. And the rule here is to achieve an even skin tone. Because once your skin tone is even, there is no filter. You can fake it till you make it until you're six feet under. Starting with number one. A lot of you guys think vitamin C is the holy grail ingredient when it comes to skincare and that you're going to achieve a bright complexion. But this is not the case. There are no miracle ingredients and vitamin C alone can do jack shit to your skin tone. So if you have an uneven skin tone, discolor, discoloration, dark spots, yes, you want to include vitamin C, but it is one component out of many. It's really around 10 to 15 different ingredients. 2. Relying on laser treatments why are you going to get laser treatments if you're not doing the hard work at home? Your skin care has to be consistent on a daily basis in order to tackle discoloration and hyperpigmentation and lasers should be viewed as a boost. And trust me, I do a lot of laser treatments in my practice, so this goes against my own benefit.
