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Dr Vanita Rattan Author

Dr Vanita Rattan is a cosmetic formulator specialising in skin of colour, and a doctor in Medicine (MBBS) and Physiology/Pharmacology (BSc). In 2012 she founded The Hyperpigmentation Clinic, where after five painstaking years she pioneered the world’s first professional grade pigmentation treatment for skin of colour. Dr Vanita has treated 40,000 cases of hyperpigmentation globally with a 95% success rate. She was also awarded a 2009 BMA Book Award for outstanding contribution to medical literature. Dr Vanita Rattan has become the go-to voice for skincare for people of colour, with over half a million followers across her social channels, and is passionate about sharing her science-based wisdom on the beauty and specificity of melanin-rich skin.