After having been fat for so long and enduring decades of tight fitting bras, my skin has become discolored (darker) where my bra rubs against me. Basically, if I take my bra off, you can see the outline of where my bra was by the discolored skin. The skin is darker where the band of the bra sits around my rib cage and where the straps go over my shoulders, both front and back. To a lesser degree, I also have slightly darker skin around my waist from the waistband of pants constantly rubbing for the past 10 years. Can this be treated with laser surgery or microdermabrasion? Anyone else have this? Any successful treatment for returning the skin to a normal color?

I wonder if chemical peels would help this. Question it on the internet. It is supposed to remove dead skin and that is what I assume it is.

Josephine

You might want to check into prescription bleaching creams as well. I don't know much about them, but I think they're one method of treatment for these kinds of issues.