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| PCA SKIN pHaze 13 Pigment Gel 1oz | 
 enlarge | Brand: PCA Skin
Discount Category: Beauty
Buy New: $42.00
Customer Ratings:  2 comments
Ingredients: Witch Hazel, Castor Oil Methyl Glycol, Kojic Acid, Hydroquinone, Lactic Acid and Citric Acids (pH adjusters), Cellulose.
Media: Misc.
Shipping Weight (pounds): 0.1
MPN: PH015
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Didn't work for me at all! Very disappointed! December 6, 2008
I was really excited when I finally received PCA Skin PHaze 13 Pigment Gel after reading mostly positive reviews. I'm 31 years old, have olive toned skin and brown spots on my cheeks. My skin is not sensitive. I was really disappointed! I used this product 2x/day for 4 months (religiously). My skin dried out (as expected) but my brown spots did not lighten up at all. It would be worth it to have dry skin if it meant lightening my brown spots, but the dry skin only made my face look wrinkly. I did exfoliate gently but nothing seemed to help. Yes, I use sunscreen everyday and I tried to stay out of the sun. I did everything by the book but it did not work at all. After I stopped using this product, for a few months, my skin continued to remain extremely dry. It's been a year since I stopped using this product and my skin seemed to recover from the extreme dryness. I'm still in search of a miracle product!
I have been using a really good sunscreen moisturizer called: La Roche-Posay Anthelios SX Daily Moisturizing Cream SPF 15 with Mexoryl SX. I highly recommend this for those that get brown spots! Usually, in the summer, no matter how much I try to stay out of the sun, I develop new brown spots or my old brown spots get really dark. This amazing sunscreen helped to prevent more brown spots!!! PLEASE NOTE: It DOES NOT reduce or lighten the brown spots but it prevents new ones from appearing and it prevents the old ones from getting even darker! I used this during my summer trip to Hawaii and it really prevented new brown spots!!!
Now that I know how to prevent them, I want to know how to get rid of them! I heard that laser treatments don't really work (the brown spots come back). In conclusion, my experience with PCA Skin PHaze 13 Pigment Gel was very negative and disappointing. You'll read all over the Internet that it's a great product to lighten brown spots but it really did not work for me. I guess it's not for everyone. Good luck to you all!
 This is my second bottle... September 14, 2007
7 out of 8 found this comment useful.
This stuff works. Hyperpigmentation, melasma, these things will lighten gradually, but noticably with days. I used it 3-4 times per day, rather than the manufacturer's recommended twice per day, and within four days, my face was peeling slightly, and very dry (I am normally quite oily). This discomfort is manageable with a moisturizer, and worth the visible lightening within one to two weeks. This contains 2% hydroquinone + kojic acid and azeliac acid. HQ + kojic acid have been clinically shown to work better together than either one separately (always look for peer-reviewed research by medical doctors). You MUST wear a UVA/UVB sunscreen with this product (just as you must after the fraxil laser treatments) or your hyperpigmentation will return within days. My melasma looked like I put on a mask of too-dark foundation, from my upper lip to my jaw line, and the texture was almost leathery. After using this product for about ten days, even my critical teen noticed that the contrast was considerably lessened and the leathery texture is gone (this is also a symptom of melasma). I do have a pinkish quality to my skin right now, but I don't mind since I am a bit olive-skinned. Once my skin gets used to it, it won't feel irritated and dry, and I will reduce my use to twice, and then once, per day. I foolishly ran out last spring, and thought I was okay, since I had faded last summer's over-pigmentation, but even with religious application of sunblock (remember the UVA/UVB, broad spectrum is what will keep it from returning, I read this on a medical site about hyperpigmentation) it darkened over the summer, and was quite noticable, even under full-coverage foundation. This product has allowed me to work down to medium coverage, and hopefully light coverage by Christmas, or sooner! I hope it never goes away. Buy it!
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