Hi, Thanks for writng to us. Please stop using melacare as early as possible. Instead of discontinuing it abruptly, taper its use by using it on alternate days and then increasing the gap between days of application. One should always aim for an even tone skin, rather than trying for a fairer skin as your constitutive skin color would come back as soon as you stop the medicines. My advise would be to use a good sunscreen in morning and a hydrating vitamin c ,retinol based cream in night. You may also take few sessions of peels for better results. Hope this helped