I bought this after hearing about it on YouTube. I have always had freckles and with age, I have brown spots, light post acne marks and sun damage. I have been using Tretinoin for 4 years. Initially my Tret was mixed with hydroquinone and my freckles vanished. However, you can't use hydroquinone for extended periods so every time I had to stop for a few months, my hyperpigmentation returned. I finally stopped using that formula and I noticed as summer came that my freckles and spots were showing pretty strong. Also, before I used this cream, I had just been on a beach vacation and no matter how much sunscreen or coverage I used, I still got way more sun than I intended. So I thought I would try this cream. It's been about a month and I wish I had taken a starting photo because my hyperpigmentation has greatly improved. My skin tone is much more even. I have seen results with using this twice a day. I know that much more time is needed but it has been a slow and steady improvement. I'm now going to try it out on my husband's age spots and see how those progress. The cream is thick and feels luxurious. Despite the thickness, it sinks in well. The fragrance reminds me of luxury old lady face cream, but I don't find it unpleasant and it doesn't linger. It's definitely more pricey than I like to spend on skincare, but I've gotten it on Amazon on sale the last few times so I have been able to stock up. It feels so nice going on, I have to control myself to not use an exorbitant amount! This is the only moisturizer that I've ever tried that has come close to producing results like Tret/Hydroquinone does. My skin is extremely resilient from using Tret so I didn't have any sensitivity using this.