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Best & Worst Dark Mark Serums

Dr. Vanita Rattan @vanitarattan

14 products · Oct 13, 2025 · Watch on YouTube ↗

01
Kiehl's$62
Clearly Corrective Dark Spot Correcting Serum
- “It's honestly a terrible formula”▶ 8:16
- “Denatured alcohol is drying”▶ 8:50
- “It's basically a vitamin C serum”▶ 9:19
- “It's $56 and please don't purchase this product”▶ 9:39
02
SkinCeuticals$115.00
Discoloration Defense
- “The one thing I like about this product is that it's nave safe”▶ 9:45
- “It's a healthy dose of nycinomide which is good”▶ 9:56
- “These are very low percentage activives for skin of color”▶ 10:07
- “But for $98, I expect a lot more than that”▶ 10:13
- “$98 is honestly marketing, branding, and paying people to do ads about this particular product”▶ 10:23
- “If you understand formulas, you just would never purchase this product”▶ 10:31
03
The Ordinary$13.50
Glycolic Acid 7% Exfoliating Toner
- “7% is quite high for skin of color and I for glycolic acid specifically, I would recommend 5% or less”
- “I just wouldn't recommend this particular product for pigmentation”▶ 10:52
- “I would say no to this particular product”▶ 11:13
04
Murad$84.00
Rapid Dark Spot Correcting Serum
- “It is not Nave safe. It contains a fragrance plus lemonine”▶ 11:31
- “It's essentially a nyinomide serum. I'm not impressed with this product for $78”▶ 11:50
- “Just buy the ordinary nyinomide”
05
First Aid Beauty
Niacinamide Dark Spot Serum
- “The thing I like about it is that it's nave safe”▶ 12:02
- “It's a healthy uh percentage”
- “It's okay. It's not great and it's $42”
- “I would say purchase just the nyinomide serum on the ordinary”▶ 12:18
06
Mely
Even Dark Spot Control Serum
- “It's not safe. They added in cumarin, lemonine, linenol, and fragrance”▶ 13:33
- “These are the number one causes of contact dermatitis”▶ 13:42
- “I would say this is waste of money and marketing uh for skin of color”▶ 14:00
- “Not impressed with the formula”▶ 14:14
07
Eucerin
Anti-Pigment Day SPF 30
- “The second ingredient here is denatured alcohol. So it's going to be a drying product”
- “It's not nave safe and the activives are not in the therapeutic index. So don't buy this product”▶ 9:16
08
Clinique
Radical Dark Spot Corrector
- “All other activives are at a tiny percentage and it's 38 pounds for this serum”▶ 14:57
- “It's basically a vitamin C serum that's not a combination uh that's not been stabilized”▶ 15:04
- “Again, go to the ordinary”
09
Good Molecules$11.97
Discoloration Correcting Serum
- “I love, love, love, and I'd highly recommend is Good Molecules Discoloration Serum, 2% trannymic acid, 4% nyioinamide”▶ 15:27
- “$12. That is an absolute bargain by now”▶ 15:36
- “Definitely the one to start with”▶ 15:44
- “Just by far the best buy”
10
Face Theory
Regina Calm
- “This is retinyl palmitate. So it's the least irritating but also the least effective form of vitamin A plus sodium ascorbyl phosphate”▶ 15:48
- “So this is a weak product. It's not going to be as effective as the good molecules discoloration serum to be honest”▶ 15:57
- “It is non-irritating and it is another good first step”▶ 16:05
11
Paula's Choice$39.00
Discoloration Repair Serum
- “This is nave safe”▶ 11:31
- “It does contain tranexemic acid”▶ 16:12
- “It is £46 so it is an expensive product”▶ 16:17
- “I love the product. I love the packaging”▶ 16:21
12
Dr. Vanita Rattan
Facial Pigmentation Kit
- “These are tyrosinase inhibiting kits for skin of color and contain 10 tyros inhibitors each”
- “They're expensive. These are £110 each”▶ 16:46
- “It's not a first step. You start with the products I've discussed first”▶ 16:50
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Bikini Pigmentation Kit
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Dr. Vanita Rattan
Brightening Moisturizer
- “It's the one that I wear that I literally made for my own face because I get pigmentation”▶ 7:25

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