About
About Pigment Diary
An independent blog about skin pigmentation, written and reviewed by the editors.
Pigment Diary covers one corner of dermatology: melasma, sun spots, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation and the treatments offered for them. We started it because the information people find on this subject tends to come from two places, product pages and clinic advertising, and neither has much reason to mention how slowly pigment changes or how often it returns.
Who writes it
Every article is written and reviewed by the editors, a small independent team. We are not a clinic and we do not sell treatments or skincare. Articles carry no individual bylines; the team takes responsibility for each piece together.
How we research an article
- We begin with guidance from dermatology bodies and established clinical references, then read the trials and reviews they cite.
- Where studies disagree, or where results come from small or short trials, we say so in the text rather than leaving it out.
- Claims about a treatment are checked against at least one independent source. Every article ends with a numbered list of the sources it relies on.
- Before publishing, a second editor reads the piece against those sources and checks that nothing is stated more confidently than the evidence allows.
- We revisit published articles when dermatology guidance changes.
What we will not do
We do not publish before-and-after photographs, accept payment for coverage or recommend specific clinics. We do not offer individual advice, and nothing here should be read as a diagnosis.
Contact
Corrections, questions about a source and suggestions for future articles are welcome at [email protected]. We read everything, though we cannot answer questions about individual skin conditions.