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Help for Hypopigmentation - Latisse
« on: October 19, 2011, 08:42:09 AM »
Here is a link to a new study seeming to indicate that using Latisse on areas of hypopigmentation caused by cosmetic procedures may help. They used it after Fraxel - I am planning to try it after rolling...

https://http://bmctoday.net/practicaldermatology/2010/05/article.asp?f=dermatology-qa-new-directions-in-the-treatment-of-hypopigmented-scars
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Help for Hypopigmentation - Latisse
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2011, 04:31:50 PM »
I have commented on it here:

  https://http://forums.owndoc.com/dermarolling-microneedling/Stretch-Marks-Repigmentation-A-new-possibility

 

Bimatoprost will likely be more successful in re-pigmenting vitiligo or hypopigmentation from cosmetic treatments than re-pigmenting stretch marks because stretch marks are really deep scars.

  We have many customers who achieved complete and permanent re-pigmentation of their hypopigmentation by single needling or dermarolling (without applying bimatoprost or anything else). Needling or dermarolling triggers or “wakes up” melanocytes (pigment producing cells).

The study concerning Vitiligo and Bimatoprost is here:

https://http://www.skinandallergynews.com/news/medical-dermatology/single-article/bimatoprost-repigments-vitiligo-patient-skin/67821edc35.html

Bimatoprost and hypopigmented scars:

https://http://bmctoday.net/practicaldermatology/2010/05/article.asp?f=dermatology-qa-new-directions-in-the-treatment-of-hypopigmented-scars
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