Affecting approximately 65% of African Americans, 52% of Hispanics, and 47% of Asians, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation is one of the most common pigmentary disorders occurring amongst skin of color clients.¹ Melanin-rich skin types are at higher risk of developing post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation due to the overproduction of melanin that this population tends to experience following the initiation of inflammatory processes, injury, or trauma.