Facial hyperpigmentation in darker skin types – Part 2

In the first part of our two-part article published in Dermatology in practice issue 22.3, the various causes of facial hyperpigmentation in darker skin types were discussed. This included melasma, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, erythema dyschromicum perstans, lichen planus pigmentosus, Hori's naevus, naevus of Ota and medication-induced pigmentation. In the second part, we focus on the management of hyperpigmentation in darker skin types, the most commonly used treatments and which treatments work best with each cause.