Hormonal pigmentation is an often missed or misdiagnosed skin condition. Known as melasma, hormonally affected pigmentation affects over five million Americans, particularly women of all ethnicities and skin types. Internal hormonal fluctuations can linger outside the scope of practice for skin care professionals, but there are many ways to establish an effective plan to balance and maintain skin health. 

Elizabeth Brasher has been a licensed aesthetician since 2011 and has been practicing with a strive for advanced skin care education ever since. Brasher is an aesthetician at Premier Med Spa in Richardson, Texas. She continues to devote herself to helping her colleagues offering expert training, heading online aesthetics forums, and writing contributions to industry magazines. At the beginning of 2020, Brasher became DERMASCOPE Magazine’s lead in-house aesthetician.