Treatment of Post-Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation Treatment of post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, especially in darker skin types, can be tricky. I often try to dissuade patients such as the one above from undertaking laser treatments, as they can often make hyperpigmentation worse. These include both pigment and resurfacing lasers. In this patient, we used my proprietary bleaching regimen, which I’ve developed over many years. This before and after is pretty typical, and results such as these

Contact dermatitis - Symptoms and causes