Melasma Treatment
Melasma is hormonally driven facial pigmentation: the symmetrical brown or grey-brown patches that settle across the cheeks, forehead, nose bridge and upper lip. It behaves differently from ordinary sun spots, which is exactly why it needs dermatologist-led care rather than a generic brightening treatment.
Understanding Melasma
Melasma sits deeper and reacts to heat, sunlight and hormones. Pregnancy, oral contraceptives and thyroid changes are common triggers, and Pakistani weather keeps it active for most of the year. Because the pigment is driven from within, creams alone rarely hold it, and aggressive lasers can make it visibly worse.
Come in if you recognise any of these
- Symmetrical patches across both cheeks
- Pigmentation that appeared during or after pregnancy
- Darkening that returns every summer
- Patches that worsened after a previous laser or peel
- Upper lip or forehead shadowing that makeup no longer covers
Your plan, step by step
Diagnosis first
Your dermatologist confirms it is melasma rather than sun damage or post-inflammatory pigmentation, and identifies what is driving it.
Medical-grade depigmentation
A prescribed topical plan calms pigment production, applied on a schedule your skin can tolerate.
Gentle technology only where it helps
Where a device is appropriate, settings are kept deliberately conservative, because melasma punishes aggressive treatment.
Strict sun and heat protection
Daily broad-spectrum protection is not optional here. It is the single biggest factor in whether results hold.
Maintenance
Once clear, a light maintenance routine keeps it that way through the summer months.
Melasma, answered honestly
How is melasma different from ordinary dark spots?
Can melasma be cured permanently?
Will laser fix my melasma?
Does it come back after pregnancy?
Is sunscreen really that important?
How long before I see a change?
Worried about your skin?
Bring it to a doctor. Diagnosis first, honest plan second, treatment only when it genuinely helps.