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Post-Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation: Can a Medical Spa Treat It?

8 September 2022 by Judith Davidson

If your primary care doctor has recently diagnosed you with post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, or dark facial spots, they may recommend different treatments you can use to get rid of it. But if none of your primary care doctor's treatments work, you may lose all hope of clearing your skin. You can treat the dark spots on your face with a medical spa's help. Learn more about post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation and how a medical spa treats it below. 

What's Post-Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation?

Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation occurs when your skin makes too much melanin. Melanin describes the substance or chemical in your body that determines the unique colors, or pigments, of your eyes, hair, and skin. When your skin becomes injured or inflamed, it makes extra melanin to heal itself. However, the extra melanin can eventually cause dark spots called post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation to develop in your skin. 

Many things may cause post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation to develop in your skin, including rashes, allergies, and medications that change the texture or color of your skin. Aggressively popping or squeezing the pimples in your cheeks and forehead may also increase the melanin in your skin. Anything that can scrape, irritate, inflame, bruise, or aggravate the skin can potentially lead to post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. 

You can't get rid of post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation once it develops in your skin. However, you can lighten the dark spots with a medical spa's help. 

What Can a Medical Spa Do for You?

A medical spa offers a wide range of treatments that can lighten the dark spots in your facial skin, including topical medications that gently exfoliate the surface of your skin. The medications contain key ingredients, such as glycolic acid and retinol, to help the cells in your skin regenerate or turnover. The new cells prevent your skin from producing extra melanin as it heals.

A medical spa may also use laser skin resurfacing and other methods to treat your post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. The treatments require the use of a laser or another tool to remove the overly pigmented cells from the surface of your skin. The treatments not only lighten the dark spots in your skin—they also make your skin feel soft and smooth. 

Before you undergo any of the spa treatments above, avoid rubbing, scrubbing, or doing anything that may aggravate your skin condition. A medical spa can't treat your skin if it is sore or tender. If you have questions about your spa treatments, consult a medical spa provider such as Sculpted Medical Spa.

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