Why does Injury Cause HyperPigmentation?
Your body’s response to injury is inflammation. Often you don’t even see it as much of it can occur underneath the epidermis. This inflammation triggers melanin production and the result is a brown patch or stripes. This is one of the reasons you should always have medical treatments such as hair laser removal, fotofacial, or any type of laser or light treatment performed in a dermatology office under the watchful supervision of a board-certified dermatologist. Untrained or poorly trained technicians have in many instances caused irreparable damage to their clients’ skin.
