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the really terrible thing about getting
a pimple is not just the pimple itself
but when it goes away it leaves an
annoying reminder that it was there if
you have fair skin a pimple is gonna
leave a red mark which takes a long time
to go away if you have a darker
complexion of pimples gonna leave a
brown mark and then you have to deal
with the brown mark that's why I try to
treat acne very aggressively in my skin
of color patients because not only do
you want to treat the pimples but you
want to prevent the dark marks which are
really bothersome to the patient there
are many ways to treat the brown spots I
think the most effective is prescription
hydroquinone hydroquinone
is something that's very effective for
lightening brown spots but some people
don't like to use it because it's not a
natural product there are
over-the-counter hydroquinone I don't
think they work as well as the
prescription ones would I recommend to
my patients who don't want to use
hydroquinone is using a more natural
product that has plant-based Leitner's
some of these are are butan bear berry
mulberry licorice vitamin C C bright
they're a whole host of them and those
can be very good ways to try to lighten
brown spots if you don't want to use the
prescription product chemical peels also
work wonderfully for lightening brown
spots and certain chemical peels like
salicylic acid and lactic acid are very
safe for even darker complected patients
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