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The Ultimate Guide To Pigmentation, Its Causes & Treatments

By Mary Basiadima, 15 April 2020

Thank you for visiting our to pigmentation. We hope after you have finished reading it you will be better to tackle your . (8 min read)

This guide covers the following areas:

What is pigmentation?

According to the dictionary pigmentation is :

"a colouring matter in animals and plants especially in a cell or tissue"

What causes skin pigmentation?

We can suffer from whatever age, sex, and ethnicity we are.

Skin pigmentation can result in an over or under production of melanin. is by the in the . When there is an over of pigmentation it is called hyperpigmentation, when not enough is it is called .

Skincare experts and Doctors are not sure of the exact reason for certain skin pigmentation changes. Other conditions like sun spots have obvious causes.

Pigmentation and hyperpigmentation

Pigmentation of the skin is a misleading phrase as all skin contains . When it is or a problem it is best to as hyperpigmentation.

causes or spots. They can be beige, brown, red or and can appear anywhere.

The sun is one of the biggest causes of pigmentation, along with pregnancy and changes. Below are the most of pigmentation. Sometimes it can be severe and noticeable like or . Let’s look at these two of pigmentation first.

Pop star is said to have from vitiligo which saw his skin colour change over the years from dark to light.

Other severe skin can occur due to conditions, changes and sometimes shock.

seen in is not a severe as the two conditions above. The following types of pigmentation are more common, starting with one of the most common Melasma.

What is Melasma?

Pigmentation caused by pregnancy is called Melasma. (It is also known as ‘chloasma’ or