An expert round-up in Vogue Australia from January 2019 on serums for dark spots and pigmentation. The magazine asked two Australian facialists, Melanie Grant and Jocelyn Petroni, which serums they have found work best. It introduces Grant as a clinical aesthetician whose regular clients include Lara Worthington, Phoebe Tonkin, Georgia Fowler, Zoë Foster Blake and Nicole Warne.
Grant splits the job between morning and night. “For the daytime, prevention is key,” she tells the magazine, so she reaches for serums with high-potency antioxidants. Her choice is vitamin C, which she says brightens pigment, evens tone, firms and protects against free radicals. She names SkinCeuticals CE Ferulic and Phloretin CF. At night she uses retinol to speed up cell turnover and fade spots, and names Cosmedix Serum 16 as a gentle microencapsulated option that suits all skin types. For one product that works at both times of day, she suggests Biologique Recherche Lotion P50 PIGM 400.
On ingredients, Grant points to vitamin C for collagen and brightening, and to vitamin A for its corrective effect on tone and texture. She also lists naturally derived brighteners such as liquorice root extract, watercress sprout, wakame seaweed and plum pulp. The wider point of the piece is that serums are a gentler place to start than lasers, some of which can make dark spots worse.
