# La Dermatique

> Skin science, explained honestly


## Pages

- [Fairness Cream Safety Check](https://ladermatique.com/ingredients/cream-safety-check/): Check a fairness or melasma cream for warning signs of hidden mercury and steroids, and understand the symptoms they cause.
- [Pregnancy Ingredient Checker](https://ladermatique.com/ingredients/pregnancy-checker/): Paste any skincare ingredient list to see which ingredients are usually avoided in pregnancy, which need your doctor’s advice, and which are generally considered suitable.
- [Ingredient Decoder](https://ladermatique.com/ingredients/decoder/): Paste any skincare ingredient list and get a dermatology doctor’s explanation and flags for pregnancy, pigmentation, acne and sensitive skin.
- [Acne and Acne Scars in Brown Skin](https://ladermatique.com/concerns/acne/): How acne works, what the latest guidelines recommend, why brown skin is left with dark marks, and how scars are treated safely.
- [Melasma in South Asian Skin](https://ladermatique.com/concerns/melasma/): Why melasma keeps coming back, what genuinely helps, and how to treat it safely in brown skin, explained by a dermatology doctor.
- [Editorial Standards](https://ladermatique.com/editorial-standards/): Every article is based on peer-reviewed research, clinical guidelines and established textbooks.
- [For Doctors](https://ladermatique.com/academy/): Practical, evidence-based aesthetic education for doctors, built around skin of colour and patient safety. Now in development.
- [Brown Skin Hub](https://ladermatique.com/brown-skin/): Brown skin has its own strengths and its own challenges: it tans and ages more slowly, but it is more likely to develop dark marks after inflammation, melasma and keloid scars.
- [Ingredients](https://ladermatique.com/ingredients/): Plain-language guides to the ingredients that matter, with a doctor's view of who they suit, what to combine them with, and when to be careful.
- [Treatments](https://ladermatique.com/treatments/): Honest guides to aesthetic and clinical treatments: what they do, who they suit, the real risks in South Asian skin, recovery time, and how to choose a qualified practitioner.
- [Concerns](https://ladermatique.com/concerns/): Each concern hub brings together what the condition is, the ingredients and treatments with real evidence, a sensible routine, and the signs that mean you should see a dermatologist.
- [Medical Disclaimer](https://ladermatique.com/medical-disclaimer/): Everything on La Dermatique, including articles, guides, tools and videos, is for general education.
- [Learn](https://ladermatique.com/skin-science/)
- [Consultations](https://ladermatique.com/consultations/): Consultations with Dr. Khadija Farid are available in Lahore.
- [About](https://ladermatique.com/about/): La Dermatique is a doctor-led skin-science platform.
- [Home](https://ladermatique.com/): Clear, evidence-based guidance on pigmentation, acne, ageing and sensitive skin, written with South Asian skin in mind by a dermatology doctor.
- [Privacy Policy](https://ladermatique.com/privacy-policy/): La Dermatique (ladermatique.com) is a skin-science education website led by Dr. Khadija Farid in Lahore, Pakistan.


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