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Roughly one in five cases of acquired hyperpigmentation is drug-induced, and the drugs responsible are ordinary ones. Here is a bathroom-counter audit that sorts a sun spot from a medication stain before you spend money lasering the wrong thing.
July 25, 2026 · Declan Whitcombe
Rebound pigment after laser treatment is common, predictable, and usually temporary. Understanding the two very different reasons a spot can reappear helps you respond correctly instead of panicking or re-treating too soon.
July 25, 2026 · Ramona Achterberg
Lasers and peels can clear a solar lentigo in weeks, yet many patients see the same spot return within a year. The reason lives deeper than the pigment itself.
July 25, 2026 · Marisol Etcheverry
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ExplainerThat alarming darkening after laser or IPL treatment is not a burn or a failure. It is the pigment leaving the skin. Here is what actually happens, day by day, and when to worry.
· Marisol Etcheverry
ExplainerPost-laser darkening alarms many patients into thinking the treatment failed. In most cases it is the clearest sign the treatment worked. Here is what is actually happening in the skin, day by day.
· Marisol Etcheverry
ExplainerAll three can lighten solar lentigines, but they work through different mechanisms, carry different risks by skin tone, and fail in different ways. Here is what the evidence and the physics say.
· Marisol Etcheverry
ExplainerBoth technologies target melanin, but they do it in different ways, with different risk profiles depending on your skin tone. Here is a plain-English breakdown of how each one works and when each makes sense.
· Marisol Etcheverry
ExplainerMost flat brown spots on sun-exposed skin are harmless solar lentigines, but a small subset are early melanomas that look almost identical. Here is how clinicians tell them apart, and why that matters before any laser, peel, or cream touches your skin.
· Marisol Etcheverry
ExplainerAll three can lighten solar lentigines, but they work through different mechanisms, carry different risks by skin tone, and fail in different ways. Here is a plain-language comparison.
· Marisol Etcheverry
§ 04 · Frequently Asked
Most are benign, but a new or changing dark spot in adulthood should always be evaluated by a dermatologist. Melanoma can present as a darker, irregular spot that resembles an age spot at a glance.
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