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Cosmelan Treatment
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About this product

Cosmelan is a professional-grade depigmenting mask treatment applied in-clinic, formulated with vitamin C, azelaic acid, and retinol to address deep pigmentation and melasma.

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Combination skinMature skin
Serums

The Guru Index verdict

88%

Approved

✓Approved · 88%
2Reviewers
2Approved
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What the gurus are saying

The experts who tried it found Cosmelan delivers strong results on stubborn melasma, with one creator reporting noticeable improvement and another noting it can clear 80 to 90% of even resistant pigmentation. The main trade-off: the full month-long protocol involves several days of visible peeling and an orange cast that some find difficult to manage, though shortening the treatment to just the initial mask application still yielded good outcomes. Maintenance with hydroquinone afterward helped sustain the results.
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Mixed Makeup
Mixed Makeup
1.47M subs · 10k devotees
✓Approved
"I did Cosmelan, one round of it, like just the main part of it a few months ago and I felt like that really helped with my melasma. I loved the results I got from Cosmelan. The real true process of doing like the whole month of it is a little bit brutal because you're like peeling and kind of orange the entire time and I could not stand that. So this more recent time I just did the main part of it, peeled for like a few days and then I was done with it and then I just kind of maintained with hydroquinone for a little bit."
Dr. Somji Skin
Dr. Somji Skin
356k subs
✓Approved
"A great treatment for getting that deeper pigmentation out is the Cosmelan treatment, which is a natural blend of things like vitamin C, azelaic acid, as well as retinol. It's a treatment that you can do within the clinic. It's a mask that's applied over the face. It's literally like magic. In terms of cosmetic appearance, it gets rid of probably like 80 to 90% of even stubborn melasma, which is really really good."
Top Pick: melasma treatment
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