Melasma

Melasma doesn't respond to guesswork. As a Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon who treats it daily in Beverly Hills, I can tell you that the patients who see real improvement have one thing in common: they're using the right combination of ingredients, consistently, with broad-spectrum SPF applied every single day without exception.

That's what this collection is built around. Every product here has been selected for its clinical evidence and its place in a layered treatment protocol — not because it has a pretty label.

What causes it? Melasma is driven by melanocyte overactivity — those are the pigment-producing cells that go into overdrive in response to UV exposure, hormonal shifts (pregnancy, oral contraceptives), and even heat. The result is the brown or gray-brown patches that typically appear on the cheeks, upper lip, forehead, and chin. It's one of the more stubborn conditions to treat precisely because it has multiple triggers operating at once.

The good news: with the right topicals, it responds.

— Dr. Sheila Nazarian, Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon, Beverly Hills