treating hyperpigmentation


skin and tonic


Uneven skin tone is a concern that affects many throughout the year. But when warmer seasons see clients switch to lighter tinted make-up options, a treatment to help skin appear more flawless is often required.


Discolouration of the skin can be due to hyperpigmentation and should be treated using the most up-to-date technologies and product developments both in your salon and at home.


from the source


Hyperpigmentation occurs due to overproduction of melanin – the pigment in our skin.


When skin is exposed to UV rays, the tyrosinase enzyme within melanosomes, housed within melanocytes, turn tyrosine into melanin. This is then transported through the wall of the melanocyte where it is transferred to the keratinocyte, which make up around 90% of our skin cells, in a process called melanogenesis. Here, the melanin rests over the keratinocyte’s nucleus, absorbing and reflecting UV rays, protecting the cell from damage.


Normally this process causes our skin to darken, which is why we tan during Summer. Then, during desquamation or exfoliation, the skin sheds and is renewed, returning back to its original state.


Relieve your clients from the inhibitions of hyperpigmentation with the latest technology and products.


But while this process starts as part of the skin’s own protective mechanism, other influences such as overexposure, “hormonal factors, stress, medication and post inflammatory responses can also cause [pigmentation]; the latter can be particularly difficult to treat as you need to avoid causing inflammation on the skin with products and treatments,” says Sharon Cass, Brand and Education Manager at SkinBrands. With these, an overload of melanin is produced, forming on the skin in a variety of different ways, some of which are referred to as hyperpigmentation.


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