THE SKIN AND HYPERPIGMENTATION SPOTS

     With age and repeated exposure, hyperpigmentation spots may appear on the face, the decollete or the back of the hands. This phenomenon is due to a disorder of the pigmentary system. In fact, the number of melanocytes gradually diminishes with age but the reduction does not always occur evenly. Thus, on areas frequently exposed to UV rays, the highly stimulated melanocytes clump together to form areas of localized hyperpigmentation.
     Unlike normal pigmentation, which fades little by little when exposer to sunlight is reduced, these hyperpigmentation spots are lasting. In addition to effective protection from the sun, these problems require specific and intensive treatments.

     All skins do not have the same natural pigmentation, in other words the same capacity to synthesize melanin (a pigment secreted by specialized cells, the melanocytes, to color the skin and thus protect it from UV rays).
     In darker skin, the melanocytes are very numerous. They produce large, dark (brown/balck) pigments.
     The reverse is true in regions less exposed to the sun's rays, where light skin has fewer, smaller melanocytes, with variable protective capacity. These skins are thus more vulnerable to UV rays.
     To curb pigmentation, no matter what the skin type, the first rule is to block the UV rays with the help of sunscreens.

1. REDUCE PIGMENT PRODUCTION.
     Vitamin C inhibits the production of melanin pigments (melanogenesis) and helps eliminate toxins to brighten and lighten the skin.

2. PROMOTE LIGHTENING OF PIGMENTS.
     The Clariderm complex inhibits the production of brown and black melanin pigments in favor of colorless pigments and blocks photo-induced production of free radicals.

3. PROTECT THE SKIN FROM THE SUN'S IMPACT.
     Newlight Lightening Cream and foundations contain sun filters to help prevent untra-violet rays from stimulating the melanocytes.