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By now, you?re probably very familiar with your face. You?ve lived with it for this long so you pick up on every new freckle, zit and dry patch. If you?ve noticed a diffusion of brown spots speckling your cheeks, nose and maybe chin, you may assume it?s hyperpigmentation. Hold off on that self-diagnosis because it could actually be melasma.
It?s common to mix up hyperpigmentation and melasma, especially when people aren?t familiar with the latter. It?s important to recognize the difference between the two because it impacts treatment. Of course, visiting a dermatologist or other reputable skin care expert is the only way to know for sure whether you have melasma. Still, it can be helpful to have some background information to know what you could be dealing with. We asked experts about the common skin care condition and how to treat it.
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