Lip Lightening
We all want perfect skin. But what about your lips? Don't we all want lighter, pinker looking lips. This is considered a healthy sign. Darkened and cracked lips give away signs of dehydration and unhealthy skin.
Pigmentation of lips can lead to dark color of lips or discoloration. This problem might occur due to smoking, sun rays, dryness, genetics, or irritation.
Discoloration of black color of lips can occur due to numerous reasons. Some of the common causes of this problem are:
- Repetitive or regular licking of lips
- Biting of lips leading to degradation of skin cells
- Dryness of lips leading to chapping and dullness
- Exposure to the sun rays
- Smoking, tobacco
- Pollution and Dust
- Side effect of some medication or chemicals
- Drug reaction
- Genetics
- Nutritional deficiency
- Overuse of Cosmetics
- Hot tea/coffee
- Allergic reaction to toothpastes
Treatment
Important to quit smoking, follow regular sun protection
- Lip Peeling: Mild herbal peels containing arginine, lactic acid, vitamin C and milk extracts are used to lighten the color of lips. Visible results can be achieved in 4-6 sittings, each done within an interval of 15 days.
- Micro Pigmentation: Organic pigments of different shades of natural pink are used to match your lip skin tone. These vegetable derived pigments are then induced in the skin of lips to create a permanent hue of natural and lighter lip color. You can actually choose which color suits you the best.
- Laser Lip Lightening: For darkly pigmented lips that have a shade of brown or black due to extra melanin deposition, laser light is used to treat the lip area, which selectively blasts the melanin pigment of the lip skin. 3-6 sessions may be required depending on the darkness of the lips.
- Lip dermabrasion: It helps to remove the dead dull lifeless skin layer to unfold the fresh, pink lips within. This treatment is mostly used in combination with lasers to improve its penetration.
- Lip Skin Resurfacing: Treatment to improve the texture and color of the lips. It works best for dry, rough lips with uneven skin tone and color tone. It gives a smoother texture and lighter color to the lips.
- Lip Fillers: Lip fillers can be done to make the lips plump, soft and light. Hyaluronic acid which is a natural component of lips is injected which attracts multiple molecules of water thereby giving volume and plumpness to the lips.
Dr Shankila Mittal
MBBS and MD in Dermatology
Board-Certified Dermatologist
12+ Years of Experience
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