Background: Melasma is a common disorder of acquired hyperpigmentation affecting millions people worldwide, predominantly women. Despite the incidence, there are numerous hyperpigmentary conditions which may clinically resemble melasma. The differential diagnosis melasma therefore wide and prove to be diagnostic challenge for clinicians. This can delay appropriate treatment, adversely impacting...

Copper Bromide Laser vs Triple-Combination Cream for the Treatment ofMelasma: A Randomized Clinical Trial Recent studies have suggested the potential effectiveness of targeting the vascular component of melasma.1-4 The copper bromide laser (Dual Yellow;Norseld) is a laserwith a concomitant-outputdual-wavelength light source comprising90%yellowlightat578nm,whichtargetsvascular lesions,and10% gre...

We reported two cases of clinically typical melasma presenting with unusual histopathologic findings. In one case, the epidermal melanocytes were markedly increased in number and protruded into the dermis, and in the other case, increased epidermal pigmentation as well as dermal melanocytosis were found. We suggested that the various treatment modalities of melasma should be applied depend on i...

AbstractIntroduction : Melasma is one of the most common hyperpigmentation disorders among womans, patches which commonly found on face especially sunlight exposured area. One factors causing melasma use oral contraceptives cause buildup hormones estrogen and progesterone skin.Objectives Thus, aim study to analyze association between duration contraceptive pills melasma.Methods This used a cros...

BACKGROUND Melasma is acquired symmetric hypermelanosis characterized by light-to-deep brown pigmentation over cheeks, forehead, upper lip, and nose. Treatment of this condition is difficult and associated with high recurrence rates. Chemical peels have become a popular modality in the treatment of melasma. OBJECTIVE To compare the therapeutic efficacy and tolerability of glycolic acid (35%) ...

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...

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 ...