Hyperpigmentation is a disorder that affects the color of your skin. Hyperpigmentation is a common, usually harmless skin condition where some patches of skin become darker than the normal surrounding skin. The dark patches are quite visible and therefore becomes necessary to opt for Hyperpigmentation treatment. To understand Hyperpigmentation, let us first understand melanin. Suffering from uneven skin tone or dark spots? Don’t worry, you are not alone. Pigmentation or hyper-pigmentation affects people of all races and ages. Our skin gets its color from a pigment called melanin. Melanin protects our skin from the damaging effects of solar radiation. It is produced by specialized cells in the skin called melanocytes present in the upper layer of the skin.