Who should I see for pigmentation after using whitening cream?

Doctor's Answer

Hi,

Just to clarify the history a little. You started getting red and then black after you stop using it or did it become red while using the cream in which you stopped and it then turn black?

If it turned red while you were using it and once you stopped, it turned black, it may be due to your skin reacting to the bleaching cream itself. This is what my colleague mentioned: an inflammatory reaction due to the bleaching agent being too strong and resulting in post inflammatory hyperpigmentation.

The other possible senario especially if it only turned red after you stop the cream could be the possibility of photosensitivity due to the sun which made your pigmentation (possibly melasma) worse.

Either senario, you need to:

1. Stop using the whitening cream first,

2. Use lots of sun block

3. Avoid the sun as much as possible

4. See a dermatologist as soon as you can to get the story right (and please bring the cream you are using along to see the doctor with the ingredients or box/packaging as well so that the doctor knows what you react to)

Thks!

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