Patient education
Post-Laser Hyperpigmentation: Recognising and Managing Problems
Written for someone whose skin changed colour after a laser session and who is trying to tell whether it is settling or needs care. Why the change appears weeks later rather than on the day, which skin carries more risk, how darker, redder and whiter are told apart, how long it lasts, the findings that must be seen, what to do while it settles, the products to be careful with, how it is assessed, and whether it should be treated again.
All guides
10 guides
- Why Pigment Changes After a Laser TreatmentMechanism
- Who Is at Higher Risk of Pigment Change After LaserRisk
- Why Darker Skin Carries More Risk From LaserSkin type
- Darker, Redder or Whiter: Telling the Three Pigment Changes ApartRecognition
- How Long Post-Laser Pigmentation Lasts, and What Changes ItTimeline
- When Pigment Change After Laser Needs to Be SeenRed flags
- What to Do While Pigment Settles, and What Not to DoAftercare
- Creams and Products to Be Careful With After LaserProducts
- How Pigment Change Is Assessed, and What the Examination ShowsAssessment
- Whether to Treat Pigment Change With Laser Again, and WhenRevision
Worried about colour that has not settled?
Protect the area from the sun, keep the routine simple, and let the team that treated you look at it rather than deciding from a photograph. Blistering, a spreading infection, a white patch, a changing mole, or any eye symptom after treatment near the eye needs care without waiting.