La Roche Posay Mela B3 is a multi-pathway discolouration serum.
Actives:
- 10% niacinamide
- Melasyl, a patented melanin-intercepting active.
- carnosine, rainbow algae extract (antioxidants)
- dipotassium glycyrrhizate (depigmenting)
- LHA
On application:
Pleasant, gel-like texture, you can feel it on the skin a bit (a sillicone emollience effect). Since being reformulated from Pure niacinamide 10, it lost the pigments (yay!) and gained a nice, peachy-rosy hue. Gently fragranced. And FINALLY somebody upgraded the dropper with a stopper, because the old ones were crusty!
My thoughts:
First of all – finally some innovation in skincare. Actually novel ingredients with actually novel mechanisms of action are quite uncommon, so that needs some applause from me. I’m also glad it’s a well-tested, synthetic active, and not a midnight moon flower extract that needs a prayer and three spells to work.
When it comes to how effective this is, I’m not the best test subject as I don’t have that much pigmentation. However, I got some very nice feedback from my followers and my patients with hyperpigmentation. I’m pleased with how multitasking it is, for example it will be nice as a morning antioxidant serum. I liked using it a lot.
The question I got a lot – Melasyl or Thiamidol? As far as I know there weren’t any head to head studies done, so I’d say – why not both? A Melasyl serum, and then a Thiamidol cream, like Eucerin’s Filler + Elasticity ot Pigment Control sunscreen. Best of both worlds!
For you, if: you get PIH easily/suffer from melasma. Or as additional prevention.
Not for you, if: you don’t have pigmentation and don’t feel the need to prevent it beyond sunscreen.
Buy it here: https://www.superpharm.pl/la-roche-posay-mela-b3-49689-30-ml-188416.html
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