{"id":2025,"date":"2023-09-15T13:48:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T10:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mistyrose-fox-409623.hostingersite.com\/?page_id=2025"},"modified":"2023-10-25T17:24:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T14:24:19","slug":"melesma-treatment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dryfanti.gr\/en\/medical-services\/aesthetic-dermatology\/facial-therapies\/melesma-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Melesma Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Exposure to ultraviolet rays is inevitable in Summer season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most sun-exposed areas of our body, is the face, the ears, the “V” of the neck and the back of the hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The body’s reaction to UV exposure is the increase production of melanin that leads to tanning visible after two or three days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Many people after excessive sun exposure develop a symmetrical, blotchy, brownish facial pigmentation that Dermatologists called Melasma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melasma<\/strong> can occur in pregnant women (called \u201cmask of pregnancy\u201d), in patients presenting thyroid disorders, or those taking oral contraceptives, estrogen, progestin or medicines for heart disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The depth of the melasma pigment is determined with a Wood\u2019s lamp<\/strong> (a special lamp that emits UVA) that helps us not only for its classification but also for the treatment options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melasma <\/strong>is classified into three types:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Epidermal <\/strong>(skin surface), that presents well-defined border, dark brown colour, appears more obvious under black light and responds well to treatment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Dermal<\/strong> (deeper) that presents ill-defined border, light brown or bluish in colour. Also it is unchanged under black light and responds poorly to treatment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Mixed<\/strong> type that presents combination of bluish, light and dark brown patches, mixed pattern seen under black light and partial improvement with treatment.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    What are the treatment options?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n