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I have it really bad on my arms. I put some body butter on them at night and then in the morning use a facial scrub with salicytic (sp?) acid that is a generic brand at Target and costs less than $3 here. I tried something by Neutorgenia that was supposed to even the skin color but it was expensive and dried my skin out too much. It is slowly clearing up. Also, during the day I use some mineral powder makeup that turned out to be too dark for my face. It evens out the color and I think the zinc in it helps too. A dermatologist I used to type for would tell some of her patients to take zinc internally too but you do have to be careful with taking anything internally due to possible side-effects.