# Cure for hyperpigmentation

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cure-for-hyperpigmentation/256017
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [July 20, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cure-for-hyperpigmentation/256017 "2004-07-20T16:31:37Z")
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### Author: ![wisernow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@wisernow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wisernow)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cure-for-hyperpigmentation/256017/1 "2004-07-20T16:31:37Z")

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Is there a permanent and effective cure for hyperpigmentation? I have these two darkish spots on my face that are darker than the rest of the skin. I am a South Asian male with a brown skin. I have tried using hydroquinone cream(4%), and all I have managed is to somewhat reduce the darkeness. It does not go away altogether and the contrast returns if I stop using the cream. I once tried using a cream with a higher concentration of hydroquinone and ended up lightening the skin around the hyperpigmented spot leading to three tones - the lightened but not completely restored hyperpigmented spot, a much lighter halo surrounding the latter and then the rest of my skin. Am I to assume that the hyperpigmentation will never go away completely?