7 Doctor-Approved Ways to Get Rid of Hyperpigmentation

If you’re bothered by dark spots due to hyperpigmentation on your skin, one thing is clear: Today there are more options for erasing that harmless but irksome discoloration than ever before.

What exactly is hyperpigmentation? It’s any patch of skin that looks darker than your natural skin tone because the brown pigment melanin is being overproduced. Hyperpigmentation can be seen in liver spots (or age spots) and sunspots, as the Cleveland Clinic notes.