How long does it take to restore normal skin color after treating skin problems

There is no unified standard answer for how long it takes to return to normal skin color after treating skin problems. It can range from 1 to 2 weeks to half a year or even longer. It all depends on what kind of skin problem you have and whether you have done the right follow-up care.

Take the most common type of sunburn as an example. My best friend went to Sanya last month and found it boring to wear a hat and apply sunscreen. After five days of fun, her face and neck were sunburned and dark red. Even the commonly used liquid foundation turned gray on her face. She had to temporarily buy two shades darker before using it. After she came back, she became more honest. She welded a hat and mask on her face when she went out. She applied repairing essence and whitening products with vitamin C derivatives in the morning and evening. She drank freshly squeezed kiwi juice for half a month. After 19 days, she regained her previous cold white skin. She looked at the mirror happily for a long time.

But if you have acne and can’t help but pick out the black acne marks left behind, or have post-inflammatory pigmentation left after allergies or acid overturning, it won’t happen so quickly. A while ago, when I was doing a face check for a friend, I saw several young men who loved popping acne. The dark acne marks on both sides of their cheeks had been there for half a year. At first, they believed in the Internet celebrity essence that can eliminate acne marks in 7 days. After applying it for two months, it had no effect before they came to me. Later, I followed the instructions faithfully, applying low-concentration salicylic acid once a week, applying nicotinamide essence in the morning and evening, and strictly avoiding sweet and spicy foods. It took more than four months to completely eliminate the marks.

There are two kinds of arguments on the Internet right now. One side boasts that your entire face will be whitened and all acne scars will disappear in 21 days, while the other side says that as long as you have pigmentation, it will never go away. In fact, both of them are quite extreme. The former is purely a marketing trick. The normal metabolic cycle of our epidermis takes 28 days, and the metabolism of people over 30 years old will be even slower. How can it possibly remove all the melanin that has sunk into the dermis in 21 days? At most, it will peel off the old dead skin cells on the surface, making it look brighter, but it does not mean that the skin tone has become even. The latter is too pessimistic. As long as it is not the kind of scar pigment that damages the deep layers of the dermis, as long as you insist on taking care of it and don't act blindly, it will eventually fade away, it's just a matter of speed.

In fact, this process of metabolizing pigments is like wiping a wooden table with ink on it. The ink is still floating on the surface as soon as it drips on it. Just wipe it with a wet tissue and it will be clean. If it penetrates into the wood grain, you have to wipe it every day. It will take a long time before it fades away and becomes invisible.

Oh, yes, there is another point that many people ignore, which is whether you are holding yourself back when you are conditioning. I once had a client who applied thousands of dollars of lady whitening essence while going out to play ball every day at noon without applying sunscreen. He also stayed up late every day doing skewers and drinking milk tea. Not only did the dull areas on his face not fade, but he also developed several new sun spots. Even after treatment for almost a year, his skin tone still didn’t return to his original color.

Anyway, I have come across so many cases. The fastest ones are those who immediately repaired their skin as soon as they tanned, and their skin is back in vain in two weeks. The slowest ones are those who have chloasma themselves, or who are doing careless things while doing it, and there is no movement for more than half a year. Don't be in a hurry. If you stare in the mirror every day and you can't see any changes, you might be shocked if you compare the selfies you took every two months.