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Despite your best attempts to cover up and use plenty of sunscreen throughout the summer, this fall you might be noticing some new discoloration in the form of dark spots and stubborn brown blotches on your face. Now’s the prime time to invest in a skin care regimen that will help improve existing discoloration and also prevent future photoaging from taking place. With the help of board-certified dermatologist and LovelySkin CEO Dr. Joel Schlessinger, we’ll answer some of your top questions about post-summer discoloration, including:
Wondering how to get rid of blotches on your face? If you want to improve the appearance of summer discoloration, it’s time to incorporate skin care with active ingredients to help brighten your skin and even out your skin tone. Here are a few of our favorites.
Start your skin care routine off on the right foot with an exfoliating cleanser that is formulated to help you meet your discoloration-busting goals. This clarifying gel cleanser contains salicylic acid, glycolic acid and afaLUXE, a dermatologist-developed blend of amino-based filaggrin antioxidants with vitamin C and Dead Sea minerals. Together, these ingredients are designed to improve cellular turnover to help improve uneven pigmentation over time. Follow it up with LovelySkin LUXE Exfoliating Gel Mild, which contains 11% afaLUXE to gently yet effectively exfoliate the skin for a more refined tone and texture.
Adding a facial serum that’s formulated to help lighten the appearance of discoloration is a smart move when it comes to getting rid of blotches on your face. This lightweight serum from Obagi contains bakuchiol, a natural alternative to retinol, which is designed to help promote the turnover of skin cells and brighten the appearance of dark spots and brown blotches on your face. It also contains five forms of hyaluronic acid to help draw moisture into your skin and keep it hydrated throughout the day for a plump, youthful look.
More intense discoloration calls for a more concentrated treatment, such as these ampoules from Barcelona-based skin care brand ISDIN. Encased in single-use glass to preserve the efficacy of the ingredients, these ampoules help reduce the appearance of dark spots with a blend of licorice root, glycolic acid, niacinamide, hydroxyphenoxy propionic acid and 4-butylresorcinol. After twelve weeks of daily use, 94% of users in a clinical trial reported more even skin tone and 87% reported a reduction in the size of brown spots on their skin.
Need an instant fix while you’re waiting for the active ingredients in your skin care products to take effect? Reach for makeup that will help camouflage blotches on your face and leave a natural-looking finish.
For customizable coverage with a lightweight feel, this liquid foundation from Dermablend really delivers. The highly pigmented formula and dropper applicator make it easy to wear alone or blend into your favorite daily moisturizer. Because this foundation is so concentrated, a little goes a long way, meaning you can start with one drop for light coverage and build up to four drops for full coverage, finding just the right amount needed to cover dark spots and blotches on your face. Top off with a dusting of Dermablend Loose Setting Powder for up to sixteen hours of long-lasting wear.
Looking for a tinted moisturizer that does more than just provide coverage? This multitasking product provides sheer coverage to camouflage discoloration, dark spots and brown blotches on your face and also delivers a number of other anti-aging skin benefits. Peptides and vitamin C help reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and blotches on your face, while ubiquinone stimulates collagen production.
In a clinical study, 94% of users showed an improvement in evenness of skin tone, making this a great choice to treat existing discoloration while providing an immediate tone-evening effect. In addition, it also contains SPF 45 to provide broad-spectrum sun protection from a blend of mineral and chemical filters.
After you’ve taken steps to treat and cover dark blotches on your face, you can take additional steps to help prevent future discoloration. “Wearing a broad-spectrum sunscreen of SPF 30 or higher every day is your first line of defense against signs of photoaging to help stop fine lines and brown blotches before they start,” Dr. Schlessinger says. Here are three products packed with active ingredients that are designed to help guard against future damage and discoloration.
Just as the name indicates, this facial serum can be a power player in your skin care efforts to defend against discoloration. It is designed to work to lighten existing brown blotches on your face and, with continued use, can help keep dark spots from coming back. It contains a lineup of anti-discoloration ingredients including 3% tranexamic acid, 1% kojic acid, 5% niacinamide and 5% HEPES, which all work together to help brighten and even out your skin tone in as little as two weeks.
“If you’re treating existing discoloration with chemical peels or non-ablative laser treatments at your dermatologist’s office, this serum is an effective way to complement and support those results at home,” Dr. Schlessinger says.
This facial treatment is a next-generation pigment-correcting cream that is formulated to help improve the appearance of even the most stubborn brown blotches on your face with cysteamine, an effective synthetic antioxidant, and heparan sulfate analog (HSA), a substance that helps enhance your skin’s ability to repair itself. It also contains vitamin C and vitamin E, both powerful antioxidants intended to help protect the skin from UV damage and prevent the formation of free radicals that can contribute to future discoloration and brown blotches on your face.
A vitamin C serum can go a long way to help correct existing dark blotches on your face and also prevent them from happening again. A staple in the LovelySkin LUXE line, this facial serum contains vitamins C and E as well as ferulic acid and an octapeptide blend designed to work together to smooth fine lines and improve discoloration. “The high concentration of antioxidants in this facial serum helps defend against free radicals, which can help protect your skin against photodamage by up to eight times,” Dr. Schlessinger says.
Do you know the difference between glycolic acid and salicylic acid? You can learn more about the most popular acid-based active ingredients that power the latest skin care products in our blog post, Skin Care Acids 101.
Aaron serves as Editor at LovelySkin. Since graduating from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2016 with degrees in Creative Writing and English, he has immersed himself in the beauty industry. When he’s not writing about the latest beauty trends, he spends time cuddling his dogs, scouring antique stores, playing tennis and hiking.
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