How to Get Even Skin Tone for Black Skin

How to Get Even Skin Tone for Black Skin
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Black people have the best complexion, provided you know how to care for your skin and maintain your natural dark complexion.

There are several home remedies for uneven skin tone or discoloration, which include natural ingredients and behavioral changes, which we are going to discuss in this article.

However, if you try out home remedies for at least 1 month without experiencing any positive result, you may need to consult a healthcare provider.

What is Uneven Skin Tone?

An uneven skin tone also called hyperpigmentation is a dark patches and blemishes on the skin which are caused by overproduction of melanin which is responsible for skin color, and it can make your skin look older.

Uneven skin tone can be either temporary or permanent depending on the cause and your skin health.

What Causes Uneven Skin Tone?

Uneven skin tone or discoloration can result from several factors, the most common factors include sun exposure, is no secret sun damages exacerbate skin aging at a rapid rate, and also aging causes uneven skin tone, so does medications and hormones such as when you are pregnant.

Each cause requires a different treatment but most of them can be treated using home remedies and the right skincare routine.

Although, there is no remedy for natural aging, using the right anti-aging products will help you keep your skin younger than your age.

How to Prevent Uneven Skin Tone

As we all know preventing is better than cure, here are some of the ways to prevent uneven skin tone or discoloration.

Let’s start with sun exposure, uneven skin tone due to sun exposure can be prevented by permanently using a sunscreen even when the weather is not sunny.

And due to natural aging, you can have a skincare routine in place, and also using the best anti-aging products which will help your skin stay younger.

You can also prevent uneven skin tone from medication by consulting a skincare specialist before taking any new medication.

How to Even Skin Tone for Black Skin

Maintaining your natural skin tone requires the right skincare routine that focuses on smoothing your skin and prevent hyperpigmentation.

Here are the tips to help you maintain your natural skin tone and prevent hyperpigmentation.

• Exfoliation

Exfoliation is the process of removing the oldest dead skin cells from the outermost surface of the skin to help brighten your skin and also remove any clogging up on your skin that leads to blackheads and dark sports.

Exfoliation can be done in one of two ways which are chemical exfoliating or mechanical exfoliating, and it should be done after cleansing.

Chemical exfoliating is using an exfoliant product that contains PHA, appealing mask or appealing gel, while mechanical exfoliation is by using mechanical brush or scrub.

The frequency of exfoliation depends on your type of skin, if you have an oily skin consider exfoliating 2 to 3 time a week, if you have a dry or sensitive skin 1 – 2 time a week is enough.

• Befriend Glycolic Acid

Glycolic acid is a fantastic formular for getting rid of hyperpigmentation, achieving brighter and more radiant complexion.

Glycolic acid is a key ingredient in many skincare products like cleansers, serums and moisturizers, especially exfoliants.

Although glycolic acid helps your beauty routine, you need to control the amount you use and the frequency, because the more you use it the more it penetrates deeper in to your skin which can cause your skin to get a chemical burn.

Unless it is administered by a dermatologist, glycolic acid should be less than 10% of your daily skincare products.

• Always Wear Sunscreen Outdoors

Sunscreen is the best method of protecting your skin from the sun’s powerful rays which damage the outermost skin layers fast and cause dark sports, wrinkles and signs of aging.

There are physical sunscreens and chemical sunscreens, you can choose the one you feel more comfortable with, however, there are a couple of things to look out for when choosing a sunscreen.

Choose a sunscreen that protect against both prematurely age skin and rays burn, as rays burn can cause cancer, I also find it best to choose a water resistance sunscreen even if you don’t plan on swimming.

Note that sunscreen is essential even when the weather is cloudy, and always keep your sunscreen in a cool place to avoid early expiration.

• Use Retinol in Your Nightly Routine

Retinol is a type of retinoid which is made from vitamin A, the product made from retinol go deep beneath the outer layer of your skin in to your dermis to boost the production of elastin and collagen as the result it reduces the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and enlarged pores.

The skincare product made from retinol treats fine lines, wrinkles, acne, uneven skin, hyperpigmentation, and collagen loss.

It usually takes daily usage for at least 4 weeks to start experiencing significant improvement.

Retinol containing products have some side effects which include peeling skin, redness, dry and irritated skin, and itchiness.

However, these side effects are temporary, they usually occur when you start using a new retinol containing product and may improve as your skin get used to the product, you can also switch to a product that contain less retinol to reduce the side effect.

Also applying the product at least 30 minutes after washing your face at your nightly routine may reduce the side effects.

• Stay Hydrated

You need to keep your skin hydrated at all times, improper hydration can lead to various skin issues such as premature aging, wrinkles, uneven skin tone, acne and more.

The good news is there are several ways to keep your skin hydrated, that includes applying coconut oil before going to bed, eat a balanced diet, invest in a humidifier, avoid excessive cleansing, use proper moisturizers at night and more.

To keep your skin hydrated avoid any activity that draws water out of your skin, that includes long hot shower, salty or spicy food, alcohol e.t.c.

• Get Laser Treatment

Laser treatment is a clinical option which is used to improve skin tone, it can be used to lighten scars and dark spots.

However, you should try out other treatment options first, if your skin tone didn’t improve then you can go for laser treatment.

When considering laser treatment, you need to choose a healthcare professional that has experience treating pigmentation, because laser treatment can cause hyperpigmentation or change in skin color.

Conclusion

Those are my recommended ways of achieving an even skin tone for a black skin, however, achieving an even skin tone requires consistency, maintain your daily routine and you will start experiencing improvement within 3 – 4 weeks.

The most important things to maintain is using a sunscreen, stay hydrated, exfoliate 1 -2 times a week, control your diet as explained above.

Lastly, I hope you find this article helpful, you can also check out 11 Most Attractive Hairstyles For Black Men and  How to Look Handsome as a Black Man.

With that being said.

Stay Fresh & Healthy.

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