How to Reduce Dark Marks and Hyperpigmentation
Summer may be winding down, but the effects it had on your skin can stick around. Months of sun exposure can contribute to visible changes in the skin, hyperpigmentation and other visible signs of wear and tear. As you move into fall, it's the perfect time to support your skincare routine while continuing to protect it from UV damage by using appropriate sun protection.
What Is Hyperpigmentation?
Hyperpigmentation refers to areas of skin that appear darker than the surrounding skin due to increased pigmentation in specific areas. The result: spots that appear darker than the skin around them.
It's extremely common. Some factors that contribute to their appearance can be managed. By taking steps to protect your skin and using products that actually work, you can help improve the appearance of dark spots and uneven skin tone.
What Causes Dark Spots on Face and Body?
Hyperpigmentation has a short list of usual suspects: too much sun exposure, hormones, inflammation, and natural skin aging. Each one can trigger your skin to produce more melanin than it needs.
A consistent skincare and sun-protection routine can help support even-looking skin.
Wear SPF Every Day
Apply a mineral-based broad-spectrum SPF and don’t forget to reapply frequently. Do this even on cloudy or rainy days, since UV rays don't take days off.
Avoid Direct Sun When You Can
Seek shade and wear protective clothing in addition to your SPF. These simple habits have a meaningful impact over time. For more on how SPF actually protects your skin, this is worth a read.
Keep Your Hands Off Your Face
Picking and scratching causes inflammation, and inflammation causes dark spots. Resist the urge to touch or pick at your skin.
Add Vitamin C to Your Routine
Vitamin C helps visibly brighten skin and neutralise free radicals.
How to Visibly Fade Dark Spots on Face
Even if you follow every prevention step perfectly, discolouration, including dark spots and uneven tone, can still show up. That's just how skin works. The good news is you have real options to help, both professional and at home.
Professional Treatments
Light therapy is an effective route if you're working with a dermatologist on more stubborn pigmentation. Please discuss treatment options with your dermatologist or healthcare provider for advice specific to you.
At-Home Treatment
Our Vitamin C Ester Brightening Serum is formulated to help visibly brighten, smooth, and restore the appearance of uneven skin tone, right from your own bathroom counter.
£61.00
It features our proprietary Vitamin C Ester, a potent, highly stable, and non-irritating form of vitamin C, to minimise discolouration and boost radiance over time. Squalane works alongside it to deliver weightless hydration that restores soft, supple skin, while rosemary leaf extract provides powerful antioxidant benefits to help visibly tone and firm.
Together, these targeted ingredients address dullness, dark spots, and texture concerns. Apply it morning and night to clean skin on your face and neck, and always follow with broad-spectrum SPF in the morning.
Will Hyperpigmentation Fade?
With consistent skincare and sun protection, yes, hyperpigmentation can visibly fade over time. How dark spots appear and change over time can vary, depending on their cause and individual skin characteristics, which is exactly why pairing daily sun protection, including SPF, with a skincare routine designed to improve the appearance of dark spots matters so much.
Still not sure which brightening product fits your skin? Our guide to which brightening product is right for you breaks it down by skin type and concern.
Your future is looking spotless.
