How long does it take to restore normal skin color after treating skin problems

In fact, there is really no unified standard. I have been working in a skin management center for 7 years. I have seen the fastest tanning treatment that returned to the original color in 22 days. There are also cases where the pigmentation due to old inflammation took 14 months to be basically the same as the surrounding skin tone. There are even scars that have damaged the dermis and the pigmentation is almost impossible to completely return to normal skin color.

Don’t think this span is too exaggerated. The causes of abnormal skin color are different, and it is normal for the recovery speed to be ten times different. Take the most common form of tanning, for example. If you just go out in the sun for two or three days without an umbrella in the summer, and your skin is not red or painful but just a shade darker, then as long as you don’t continue to be exposed to the sun in the future, use hard sunscreen every day, and use it with some prototype VC or nicotinamide essence. It takes about 20 days to metabolize the excess melanin on the surface and it will return. The sophomore girl who came for a follow-up visit last week was so tanned by military training that even her neck and face were discolored. She followed the prescribed plan strictly and by the time the 28 days were not up, there were almost no traces of the sunburn.

But if it is post-inflammatory discoloration, the recovery period will have to be increased several times. For example, the black mark left by picking out acne, the black mark caused by not controlling the concentration of acid when applying it, and the dullness left after the face is damaged by allergies. Timely intervention within 3 months of the initial formation, using ingredients such as tranexamic acid and azelaic acid for symptomatic treatment, most people can get rid of it in 3 to 6 months, but if you don't care, it will still show up on your face every day. The dark marks lasted for three to five years without fading away. I had a 32-year-old old client who used to squeeze acne when he was young. The dark marks on both sides of the cheekbones remained for almost 6 years. After 4 photon treatments and daily application of whitening essence, it took 11 months before the marks were almost invisible.

Many people also think that "using strong medicine can speed up recovery." This is not completely unreasonable, but it is really annoying. For people with a healthy skin barrier and high tolerance, using high-concentration whitening ingredients or low-concentration acids can indeed speed up keratin metabolism and restore skin color faster. However, if the skin barrier is thin and the face is red and sensitive, strong medicines will irritate the skin and cause secondary effects. Inflammation, on the other hand, makes darkening more serious. A while ago, a girl applied 30% fruit acid at home to eliminate acne marks. As a result, small blisters appeared on her face, and the darkening turned three degrees darker. The acne marks that were supposed to be eliminated in three months, now it only takes almost half a year to repair the barrier, and the skin tone has not returned to its previous state.

And the speed of recovery is closely tied to your daily living habits. People who are also tanned, stay up until two or three o'clock every day, like to drink milk tea and eat sweets, will recover at least half as fast as those who have a regular schedule and a light diet. I went to the beach last year and got two degrees of tan without using sunscreen. During that time, I stayed up until three o'clock in the morning every day while working on projects. It took me more than three months to get it back. If I had just started working in the industry and had a regular schedule, I could recover in a month.

To be honest, there is really no point in worrying about how long it will take. It is better to find a professional to find out what is causing your abnormal skin color, whether it has damaged the dermis layer, and whether the barrier is in a healthy state. It is much more reliable than buying a bunch of whitening products on your face and worrying about looking in the mirror every day.