Dermatologists Swear By These Hyperpigmentation Creams and Products

Skin issues like acne and brown spots can be scarring, not just physically, but emotionally, too. To say  as a pre-teen is an understatement, so when my blemishes came back last year out of the blue, I was heartbroken. Thankfully, if you have the right experts and products to help you, you can remedy the problemand hyperpigmentation creams can do just that when it comes to discoloration. Although acne gets brought up more frequently, hyperpigmentation affects  in the U.S. alone.

 is an overarching name for when patches of skin become darker than others around it. "It's caused when —what gives our hair and skin coloris overproduced in certain spots on the skin," Dendy Engelman, MD, a New York City–based dermatologic surgeon, tells us. "Melanin goes into overproduction in the sun to protect our skin from harmful rays, causing them to look darker than your natural skin tone." (In case you were wondering since they're typically mentioned together,  is a specific type of hyperpigmentation that appears as discolored splotches on your face, primarily your cheeks, bridge of your nose, forehead, chin, and upper lip.)