Melasma (dark patches of skin on face)

[Dynastar]

Hello
has anyone else gotten this from birth control pills?
If so, how did you get rid of it and how long did it take? Mine looks like a mustache : (
very unattractive!!!! I got off the pill and it still hasn't gone away. I have some bleaching cream but it makes my face peel.

[tinytoes]

i had that as well during and after my last pregnancy. my dd will be three in april and i still have it. mine looks like an actual mask around eyes and down the cheeks. my derm gave me a prescription cream (it was 100 to fill) and i never tried it because it was so expensive. it'll go away soon as long as you stay out of the sun or use a very good sunscreen.

[furtiva]

I got a small sign like the shape of crescent moon because of the BC and I was only using it for 6 months. Accordingto my doctor some people are inclined to get it because of the estrogen. I have tried OCT bleaching creams but no big results..

I apply sun cream with SPF 15 every day and I have heard good reviews of Shiseido line..yet to try it though. I have postponed a dermatologist visit for the longest, if I ever go I'll let you know.

[Jenteal]

It will not go away on it's own. I've had mine on the right side of my face for about 13 years. Some spots looke like freckles but the other 2 spots are in the shape of a circle and the size of a half dollar coin. I tried EpiQuin Micro that my derm had to write a scrpit for. It was $120 per tube. It didn't work well. It lightened them but not gone. Still noticeable.

I wanted her to do a chemical peel on me but she told me that Fraxel might work better for my skin. That's a lazer treatment. Chemical peel, Blue peels TCA peels, lazer treatments are the next step if the bleaching cream does not work for you .

Jenteal

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[bhrandi]

Melasma is not from birth control pills. Doctors and other healthcare professionals are just guessing. I see so many men who of course have never taken a birth control pill in their lives. My melasma was so bad I slept in my foundation to keep my kids from seeeing my face. My melasma was black. I got rid of it using a formula from a book "Secrets Skin Care Companies & Dermatologists Don't Want You To Know" by Nancy Holloway-Prince. The book is full of all natural skin care formulas that really work. I have to use the solution I make in my kitchen everyday at a cost of just pennies a day.