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Hyperpigmentation Products That Actually Work

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From the best hyperpigmentation serum to peels that can give you professional results at home, these will get you one step closer to making dark marks a thing of the past.
 
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Toning pads are one of the key hyperpigmentation products that can aid in revealing brighter skin. These textured pads are soaked in glycolic acid, hyaluronic acid, and blue daisy. Each active ingredient works to soothe, firm, and resurface your skin...
60 ct Facial Radiance Pads with Glycolic + Lactic Acids - First Aid ...
 
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Only $32 Vitamin C is hailed as a powerhouse ingredient when it comes to clearing up dark spots. Some of the best hyperpigmentation serums with this ingredient can cost upward of $200, but this one costs a fraction of that price, delivers incredible ...
L'Oréal - Revitalift Vitamin C Vitamin E Salicylic Acid Serum
 
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If you want options for stronger, more targeted hyperpigmentation products, this treatment will be your new go-to. Do note that this cream is incredibly powerful, with ingredients like glycolic acid, retinol, and a kojic-acid derivative included in t...
Even & Correct Dark Spot Cream | SkinMedica®
 
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La Roche-Posay has a great line of products made to treat discoloration, but this is an editor favorite for a reason. The lightweight liquid has ferulic acid and lipo hydroxy acid to gently exfoliate your skin while brightening the appearance of dark...
Pigmentclar Serum Visible Dark Spot Reducer - La Roche-Posay
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Only $19 When on the hunt for hyperpigmentation products, it's important to get something that will actually target the specific areas you want to clear up. This spot corrector is loaded with the ingredient bakuchiol, a natural alternative to retinol...
Renewal Dark Spot Corrector - Burt's Bees
 
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Only $28 you've probably come across the ingredient retinol. If you've tried it, you're probably also well aware of how drying it can be. This new formula is anything but. The retinol is suspended in moisturizing shea butter and squalane, so you get ...
Rescue Retinol Gentle Retinol Night Cream - Hero Cosmetics
 
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Only $35 This product gets the job done by incorporating a potent form of vitamin C that can help fade existing dark spots and impede the production of new ones.1 Its formula also includes white birch extract to hydrate the skin and peony extract for...
Clearly Corrective Dark Spot Serum - Kiehl's
 
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Dr. Hartman is a fan of this formula, which boasts a potent concentration of tranexamic acid, one of his favorite brightening ingredients. He also lauds it for containing HEPES, a synthetically derived acid. Also nice: He says this formulation is saf...
Discoloration Defense Serum for Dark Spots | SkinCeuticals
 
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Use this toner nightly, post-cleansing, to reveal clearer, more even skin. It’s formulated with glycolic acid at a pH of 3.6 which maximizes its effectiveness at exfoliating the skin and breaking down discolored skin cells without creating irritation...
Glycolic Acid 7% Exfoliating Toner | The Ordinary
 
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Hydroquinone is effective, but has some drawbacks; it can’t be used for long periods of time and there are some concerns about its safety.3 This formula, one of the best-selling brightening products out there, recently got a revamp to eliminate HQ (a...
Rapid Dark Spot Correcting Serum for Face | Murad Skincare
 
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This serum has gone viral over the past year, and for good reason: It contains over four active ingredients that are proven to brighten the skin. Formulated with azelaic acid, niacinamide, kojic acid, tranexamic acid, and more, the Faded serum is abl...
Faded Serum - For Dark Spots & Discoloration - Topicals
 
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It’s a bi-phase serum (so give it a good shake before using) that relies on a trio of proven brighteners: niacinamide, hexylresorcinol, and a retinoid. We love the texture and can report that, with consistent use, it works well to fade all kinds of s...
La Roche Posay Mela B3 Dark Spot Serum with Melasyl ... - Target
 
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While a face wash may not be as intense as a leave-on product, Dr. Hibler says using one in the morning is a good way to up the efficacy of and complement your overall brightening routine. He likes this formula, which he says is good for normal, oily...
Revision Skincare® Brightening Facial Wash 6.7 fl. oz. - SkinStore
 
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In the world of spot-fading ingredients, vitamin C is one of the best options, not only for its skin-brightening abilities but because it has the added benefit of acting as an antioxidant and stimulating collagen production, too.6 Sign us up. This pa...
BeautyStat Universal C Refiner Vitamin C Brightening Serum
 
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Azelaic acid is a somewhat underrated ingredient when it comes to fading hyperpigmentation, but it's just as effective as the more popular ones that we frequently see in brightening products. This serum contains a 10% concentration of the ingredient,...
10% Azelaic Acid Booster - Paula's Choice
 
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Full of MVP dark-spot acids, like tranexamic, glycolic, and azelaic Pro Only have to use a few nights a week to notice results
UNSPOTTED 4X® Acid Jelly Night Serum (30ml) - Lion Pose
 
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Helps brighten with Malassezin and niacinamide Pro I find it extremely soothing, especially for redness and irritation
Molecular Hero Serum for Hyperpigmentation - Mother Science
 
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Combines 20 percent vitamin C with vitamin E and ferulic acid, a dream team for protecting and brightening skin Pro I love the pump bottle
20% Vitamin C + E Ferulic Acid Serum - Timeless Skin Care
 
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Filled with acids to help retexturize your skin Pro Sits on your skin overnight, which makes it v easy Cons Con Most expensive product on this list (but refill is ever-so-slightly cheaper, which helps
Overnight Chronobiology Peel - Noble Panacea
 
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Celeb facialist Shani Darden is the mastermind behind this LED light face and neck mask. It has three 10-minute treatment modes (one for fine lines, one for acne, and another for hyperpigmentation) and is by far the most comfortable full-face LED mas...
Déesse PRO LED Mask: Light Therapy | Shani Darden Skin Care
 
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Your skin barrier is designed to keep things out, so there’s a good chance that whatever brightening serums you’re layering on aren’t really penetrating your skin, making them not so effective at fading hyperpigmentation. Droplette is changing that b...
Droplette Tranexamic Eraser Starter Set
 
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On sale at sephora for $80 Professional microneedling is fantastic at jump-starting collagen and elastin production (two proteins responsible for skin firmness and smoothness) and improving skin texture, but it’s pricey and a bit of a commitment (thi...
FaceGym Faceshot™ Micro Needling Device - Sephora
 
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Chemical peels and exfoliating acids seem to get all the praise these days, but let’s not forget about microdermabrasion, okay? It’s a tried-and-true form of exfoliating, and the PMD offers comparable results to in-office treatments that derms and ae...
Personal Microderm Pro - Advanced Micro Abrasion Tool
 
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Honestly, I balked at the price. But in a moment of later evening tiredness went ahead and made the purchase. It completely works...It has cleared my rosacea within two weeks and firmed my neck up by about five years within three weeks. I can feel a ...
20% off The LYMA Laser - Black Friday Clinic-Grade Laser Device ...