Walk into any pharmacy in Lahore or Karachi and you’ll find shelves packed with face washes, serums, and moisturizers \u2014 all claiming to suit “every skin type.” Most of them don’t. Picking the wrong one is the most common reason a skincare routine stops working, or never works at all.<\/p>\n
For Pakistani skin, the stakes are a little higher. Our climate swings between Karachi’s coastal humidity and the dry, dusty winters of Islamabad and Peshawar. Pakistani skin tones also tend to fall in the Fitzpatrick III to V range, which means a higher melanin level and a real susceptibility to post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation \u2014 dark spots that linger long after a pimple heals. Knowing your skin type is the first step to getting ahead of all of this.<\/p>\n
The good news: a simple at-home test takes about 30 minutes and costs nothing. Here’s what to do, what each result means, and exactly how to care for each type in Pakistan’s conditions.<\/p>\n