Melasma, which is thought to be associated with hyperactivation of melanocytes, a common hyperpigmentary skin disorder. To treat this disorder, dermatologists can benefit from in vivo information cellular morphometrics evaluate pathologies melasma and effectiveness treatments. acquire useful information, we applied the slide-free label-free harmonic generation microscopy (HGM) retrieve real-tim...

Background: Melasma is a common acquired hyperpigmentationdisorder often appearing on the face of young women. Melasmais classified into four groups based on Wood’s lamp examination:epidermal, dermal, mixed, and indeterminate. The goal of this studywas to evaluate the relationship between clinicoepidemiologicalcharacteristics of melasma and the level of involvement underWood’s lamp examination....

Our purpose is to study the efficacy of the alexandrite laser (755 nm) and the fractional laser when treating pigmentary lesions .We use the data of our private office of the last five years (2011-2015) We treated 1000 patients with freckles with alexandrite laser, 200 patients with melasma with fractional laser, 100 patients with post inflammatory hyperpigmentation with alexandrite laser and 6...

Thai traditional medicine is a viable alternative medicine and there are a large variety of Thai herbs available for melasma treatment. Spreading the knowledge of Thai herbal medicine to people world-wide should therefore be made a top priority. The development of an expert system for melasma diagnosis and treatment with Thai herbs is the first step in that direction. The aim of this research i...

Melasma adalah kondisi hipermelanosit didapat berupa makula tidak merata yang umumnya simetris. Kondisi ini biasanya terlokalisasi dan bersifat kronik-residif. Di antara banyak faktor kausatif berperan pada patogenesis melasma, salah satu dianggap penting paparan sinar UV kulit. Pengobatan melasma penuh tantangan karena sering rekuren. Asam traneksamat plasmin inhibitor melalui sistem plasmin-a...

Hypermelanoses involving predominantly the face and the neck is relatively common and often presents a complex diagnostic problem. The Objectives of this study were to study the clinico-epidemiological characteristics of facial hypermelanosis and to assess the role of various aetiological factors in the pathogenesis of facial hypermelanosis. Source of data consisted of all patients of facial hy...

Materials and methods: A total of 100 cases of clinically diagnosed melasma and 50 controls without melasma or any other facial pigmentation were studied dermoscopically at a tertiary care center in Eastern India. The various described relevant patterns of pigmentation on dermoscopy were recorded. Similar patterns were also looked for in the control population and the two compared. Statistical ...

Many factors have been implicated for the etiology of melasma, but the exact cause of this hypermelanosis is poorly understood. However, it is considered to result from solar radiation and genetic predisposition. Moreover, pregnancy, oral contraception and hormone replacement therapy with natural and synthetic oestrogens, have been involved in the pathogenesis of this hypemelanosis. Despite the...

Melasma is an acquired disorder of pigmentation that commonly affects women with phototypes III-V, and it has a negative impact on the quality of life in affected individuals. It presents clinically as symmetric tan or brown patches on the face, most often involving the forehead, cheeks, perioral region, and periorbital region. On histologic examination, there is increased melanin in the epider...