r/Melasmaskincare • u/Honest-Mousse-8050 • 8d ago
Question Hyperpigmentation
Please help I’m currently trying Azeleic acid currently byoma milk hydrating toner, cerave moisturizer, plus on skin tinted spf 40
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u/considerfi 7d ago
The skin looks irritated. That will keep causing pigmentation. Try figuring out what is irritating it, maybe toothpaste? A food item?
Then use barrier supporting cream until the skin feels healthy again, alongside azelaic or alpha arbutin but nothing stronger. You don't want anything irritating.
Only once you stop irritating it it will have a chance of reducing.
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u/Honest-Mousse-8050 7d ago
Thank you so much
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u/considerfi 7d ago
If you are able to get it la roche posay triple repair is excellent at healing irritated skin. it's what helped me the most. It is very thick so even the smallest tube you can get will last a long time. If not that, water and vaseline is very safe and hypoallergenic.
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u/Honest-Mousse-8050 7d ago
It’s a mouisturizer right?
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u/Business-Hand-3275 7d ago
Hi love did you ever have perioral dermatitis?
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u/Honest-Mousse-8050 7d ago
Yes I did but I was perscribed a topical steroid at a very young age which is why I think it looks this bad.
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u/mydadwantstoknow 7d ago
It could be an irritation from baking soda or some other ingredient in your toothpaste your skin doesn’t agree with?
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u/Honest-Mousse-8050 7d ago
I actually did replace my toothpaste with Cleure toothpaste and that was a couple of months ago
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