Name: Skin Ceuticals Discoloration Defense
Brand: Skin Ceuticals
Rating: 71.0 (6 reviews)

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Dr. Vanita Rattan

1.22M subs · 10k devotees

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"The one thing I like about this product is that it's Navy safe. The first ingredient here is water, then butylene glycol. These are basically solvents. The third ingredient here is niacinamide. So it's a healthy dose of niacinamide which is good. Sixth ingredient here is tranexamic acid. And then the ninth ingredient, so very very low percentage is kojic acid. I would just say these are very low percentage actives for skin of color. It's basically niacinamide plus tranexamic acid. But for $98, I expect a lot more than that. Honestly, there are many products out there, discoloration serums with niacinamide plus tranexamic acid at less than half that price. So $98 is honestly marketing, branding, and paying people to do ads about this particular product. If you understand formulas, you just would never purchase this product."

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"For 10 times the price I'm expecting something to be 10 times as good. It's shocking how much Skin Ceuticals gets away with. There are no tyrosinase inhibitors in the Skin Ceuticals product and for 93 pounds I expect more than just niacinamide. This is not really going to do much for your discoloration."

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"The one thing I like about this product is that it's Navy safe. The first ingredient here is water, then butylene glycol. These are basically solvents. The third ingredient here is niacinamide. So it's a healthy dose of niacinamide which is good. Sixth ingredient here is tranexamic acid. And then the ninth ingredient, so very very low percentage is kojic acid. I would just say these are very low percentage actives for skin of color. It's basically niacinamide plus tranexamic acid. But for $98, I expect a lot more than that. Honestly, there are many products out there, discoloration serums with niacinamide plus tranexamic acid at less than half that price. So $98 is honestly marketing, branding, and paying people to do ads about this particular product. If you understand formulas, you just would never purchase this product."

Nipun Kapur

399k subs · 10k devotees

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"This is a product I highly, highly recommend even though its price point is high because of the results this product has shown. This is Skin Ceuticals Discoloration Defense. It has 5% niacinamide, 3% kojic acid, and 1% tranexamic acid. This takes a little longer to work because the niacinamide concentration is lower and the kojic acid concentration is lower. But it is a fast-absorbing formula. It has no fragrance. And within six to eight weeks you start seeing some really, really drastic results. And with a formula like this, you don't need to layer it at all."

Dr. Aleksandra Brown

104k subs · 4k devotees

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"One of the product recommendations in this category is Skin Ceuticals Discoloration Defense. It combines the tranexamic acid, niacinamide, and all those together will give you perfect concoction for brightening and clarity."

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"One of the product recommendations in this category is Skin Ceuticals Discoloration Defense. It combines the tranexamic acid, niacinamide, and all those together will give you perfect concoction for brightening and clarity."

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"SkinCeuticals Discoloration Defense is a powerhouse serum that blends tranexamic acid with niacinamide and kojic acid to improve skin clarity."

Tea with MD

106k subs · 2k devotees

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"This has tranexamic acid 1%, kojic acid and 5% niacinamide as well as their proprietary Heavies complex for brightening. I used to use this in clinic quite a bit after I performed a laser procedure like a Pico Shore laser or even a fraxel. I would then apply this to the patient's freshly lasered face to maximize the benefits of this brightening serum. I have found really good benefits with this both with and without laser treatments, but it can be very useful as an additional step after laser to really help to brighten up those dark spots. I also find that this doesn't sting at all, so this is really great for sensitive skin. This is something that layers really well too. I find that this layers really well under moisturizers and under makeup."

Doctorly

3.55M subs · 99k devotees

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"I personally get very irritated from this product. I always get like irritation redness and even sometimes acne like lesions. It's a low pH so I don't know what the issue is it's causing this."

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"I personally get very irritated from this product. I always get like irritation redness and even sometimes acne like lesions. It's a low pH so I don't know what the issue is it's causing this."

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"This is a great serum, I'm not saying it's not, but it has aged a bit. I used to recommend this quite a bit when I first started residency. It is pricey, over $100 for a dark spot corrective serum. Now of course we have products which contain actually all of these ingredients plus more. There's also a lot of other brands out there that also have similar cocktails that have more than this at a much less expensive price point. I do think that now in the market you can get things that are comparable if not better at a much lower price point than this one."

Dr. Sam Ellis

849k subs · 143k devotees

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"This also contains a serum called Discoloration Defense which helps combat irregular pigment in the skin. Both the vitamin C topical in the Florentin CF and the Discoloration Defense are working to brighten the overall complexion. These are both really thin liquidy serums and they layer very well with one another."