These are mistakes to avoid:
Over-exfoliation
Scrubs, acids, and chemical peels can brighten the skin temporarily, but overdoing them without professional guidance can damage your skin.
Using the wrong skincare products
Harsh DIY ingredients like lemon juice, baking soda, or undiluted essential oils, combined with not moisturizing enough, can irritate the skin.
Underestimating the sun
Relying on makeup with SPF or skipping sunscreen on cloudy days still leaves the skin exposed to UV rays, which are one of the biggest triggers for dark spots.
Picking at pimples or scabs
Every time you squeeze or scratch, you can leave behind marks that are much harder to fade than the blemish itself.
Focusing only on topical solutions
Creams and serums can help fade surface spots, but the real issue, excess melanin production, happens deeper in the skin and needs to be addressed from within.