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I started using Retin-A skin cream (tretinoin 0.1%) about 15 years ago to maintain a youthful facial appearance. It works by deeply exfoliating the upper layers of your skin, allowing a new, fresh layer to emerge underneath it.
Unfortunately, I made a big mistake that haunts me to this day.
Instead of gently removing the skin that started to peel off my face with a sponge, I used an abrasive pad, and even my fingers, to harshly scrub it off. This caused my cheeks to bleed, which became big dark spots after they healed. So, now, I look like I'm afflicted with leprosy or Kaposi's sarcoma.
I've been trying to get rid of this hyperpigmentation (dark spots) on my cheeks for years to no avail. I tried almost everything. Nothing fucking works. My dark spots are like the alien spacecraft in the movie Independence Day, that survives every attack, including a nuclear bomb.
So, after all these years, I've finally thrown in the towel, and I'm ready to drop at least $5k for a cosmetic dermatologist to, hopefully, have these scars removed. I'm not even sure if it's possible at this point, but I'm crossing my fingers.
Which procedure would be most effective in removing dermal (deep) hyperpigmentation? Lasers? A chemical peel? Something else?
I need advice before I even begin to start looking for the right place to go, because there are hundreds of places that do many different procedures.
Unfortunately, I made a big mistake that haunts me to this day.
Instead of gently removing the skin that started to peel off my face with a sponge, I used an abrasive pad, and even my fingers, to harshly scrub it off. This caused my cheeks to bleed, which became big dark spots after they healed. So, now, I look like I'm afflicted with leprosy or Kaposi's sarcoma.
I've been trying to get rid of this hyperpigmentation (dark spots) on my cheeks for years to no avail. I tried almost everything. Nothing fucking works. My dark spots are like the alien spacecraft in the movie Independence Day, that survives every attack, including a nuclear bomb.
So, after all these years, I've finally thrown in the towel, and I'm ready to drop at least $5k for a cosmetic dermatologist to, hopefully, have these scars removed. I'm not even sure if it's possible at this point, but I'm crossing my fingers.
Which procedure would be most effective in removing dermal (deep) hyperpigmentation? Lasers? A chemical peel? Something else?
I need advice before I even begin to start looking for the right place to go, because there are hundreds of places that do many different procedures.