Pigmented skin does required some specialized care, especially to recognize products and ingredients that can harm pigmented skin. The difference in darker pigmented skin is due to the way melanin is distributed and not to the number of melanocyte cells that produce the melanin. It is easy to overstimulate the melanocyte of persons of color to react and hyperpigment.
This skin type tans easily and rarely, if ever, burns. This skin type is common among Asian, Mediterranean, Polynesian, African, Native American, Hispanic, Arabian, and Eastern European peoples. This problem can be difficult to treat because most traditional methods of skin lightening will cause further irritation and further hyperpigmentation.
