⚡ Ingredients like retinoids, vitamin C, chemical exfoliants, and acids can greatly help with fading acne scars, but they're not going to be effective if you don't use sunscreen during the day! ⁣⁣ Many brightening ingredients help increase exfoliation, shedding dead skin cells and helping the new ones peek through. But the new skin cells can easily burn or pigment without protection so they must also be protected from the sun, especially if you're using retinoids and chemical exfoliants as these ingredients can make your skin even more sensitive to UV rays. ⁣⁣ On those rare days where I don't wear sunscreen and I'm out in the sun (mostly when I was young), I always notice more pigmentation and new dark spots on my skin the very next day. My skin freckles extremely easily, so that's why I am so diligent about using sunscreen. It's so much easier to prevent dark spots from forming in the first place, rather than to treat them. ⁣⁣ Do you freckle easily? ⁣⁣ #sunscreen #darkspots #hyperpigmentation #sunscreentips #hyperpigmentationtips #sunscreenisimportant #pih #sunscreenqueen #annaytime #skintok #skintokcommunity #skincaretip