Pigmentation means coloring of the skin. Melanin is the reason behind the color of the human skin. It protects the skin from UV rays, but, sometimes the production of the melanin in the specific areas increases a lot, which causes a particular area of the skin to darken.
Hyperpigmentation usually has effects on the individual patches of the skin or the whole body. Not every time all the home remedies are going to work, so there’s a time when a person needs to take certain medications. For example, citric acid in the lemon acts as a vitamin C serum for hyperpigmentation and helps to lighten the affected area.
In many cases, hyperpigmentation is just the overproduction of melanin and does not cause any harm to the body. Whereas, there are some cases in which there are some severe conditions. The conditions may include resistance to insulin, hormonal imbalance, cancer, hormonal changes in pregnancy, and many more. People usually call them age spots, and most importantly, they appear only in those areas where there is exposure to the sun.
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