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Dark spots that stay long after the spot is gone?

Here is what Skinby would tell you about skin like this, what the sources say helps, and how a scan maps it on your own face.

The answer screenSample

Where do you see it?

Brown pigment on both cheeks, deeper than the skin around it.

Tap the areas and the map in the phone follows. In the app, your own photos set them.

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Dark marks

Brown marks where old spots were.

What helps

In one expert review, preventing dark marks meant a daily morning moisturizer plus a broad-spectrum sunscreen with a high SPF (50+), ideally tinted or containing iron oxides so it also covers visible light.

Peer-reviewed review, open access

What the sources say about dark marks

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How a Skinby scan reads it

  1. 1

    A live face scan

    The front camera maps 478 points on your face as you turn, and only captures when the light, the angle and the focus are right.

  2. 2

    Mapped on your face

    Redness and pigment, measured area by area against your own skin.

  3. 3

    What helps, sourced

    A plain answer and what the FDA, NIH or NHS say helps, with the source shown.

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Something else bothering you?

My breakouts keep coming backMy cheeks flush and stay redDry, itchy patches that won't settleA bumpy rash around my mouthBumps that acne products don't touchItchy welts that come and go

Illustration made for this page. The sample answer shows how Skinby words a result: a visual resemblance, not a diagnosis. Skinby never names serious conditions from a photo.

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