Finally beat that stubborn pigmentation on a repeat client after 6 months

I had this one client who kept coming back with the same dark spots on her cheeks. Tried my usual vitamin C and retinol combo for 3 months and saw almost no change. Switched to a kojic acid and tranexamic acid mix and finally got results after another 3 months. Turns out her skin just needed a different active to break through. Anyone else have a treatment that took way longer than you expected to work?

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david9203d ago

Tranexamic acid is actually more for melasma than general pigmentation, so if her spots were truly just post-inflammatory dark marks, that might explain why it took a while to see change. Kojic acid is solid for blocking pigment production but it works slowly on stubborn melanin deposits that are already sitting deep. Make sure you're also using sunscreen religiously on her or that progress can easily reverse itself.

fisher.jessica2d ago

Fair point, actually never thought of it that way before.

williams.luna2d ago

Three years of hydroquinone did nothing for my dark spots but switching to azelaic acid finally cleared them in six months. @fisher.jessica sunscreen really is the game changer though, wish someone told me that first.