Melasma: Treatment, Causes & Prevention - Cleveland Clinic
Melasma causes light brown, dark brown, and/or bluish patches or freckle-like spots on your skin. Sometimes the patches can become red or inflamed. Melasma appears in six locations or a combination of locations on your skin:
Melasma on Dark Skin: Appearance, Diagnosis, Management
2024年8月13日 · Melasma is a skin pigmentation disorder characterized by dark spots and patches on the face and other skin often exposed to the sun. While it can affect all people, people with darker skin have a significantly higher risk of developing this discoloration, and women represent up to 90% of cases.
Causes of Melasma and How to Treat It - Verywell Health
2024年5月6日 · Melasma is a harmless skin condition that causes dark patches and spots, usually on the face. It is commonly triggered by hormones (such as during pregnancy) and sun exposure. For some people, the condition may go away on its own.
Everything You Need to Know About Melasma - WebMD
2024年7月12日 · Melasma is a skin condition with brown, blue, or freckle spots that form what is often called “the mask of pregnancy.” It’s a dark, mask-like mark that is common, painless, and typically ...
Melasma: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatments - Healthline
2023年5月4日 · Melasma is a common skin problem. The condition causes dark, discolored patches on your skin. It’s also called chloasma, or the “mask of pregnancy,” when it occurs in pregnant women. The...
Melasma (facial pigmentation) - DermNet
Melasma presents as bilateral, asymptomatic, light-to-dark brown macules or patches with irregular borders. Distinct patterns include: Extrafacial — forearms, upper arms, shoulders in a sun-exposed distribution. Melasma can be separated into epidermal, dermal, and mixed types, depending on the level of increased melanin in the skin.
Melasma: Overview - American Academy of Dermatology
2022年2月15日 · Women who have medium to dark skin tones are most likely to develop melasma. When melasma appears, it can cause tan, brown, grayish brown, or bluish gray patches and freckle-like spots. These usually appear on certain areas of face like the cheeks, forehead, chin, and even above the upper lip.
Melasma: Causes, symptoms, pictures & treatment - Medical News Today
2023年10月26日 · Melasma is a skin condition that causes patches to appear, typically on the face, that are darker than a person’s skin tone. It may affect between 1.5–33% of people depending on the...
Dark Spots on Face (Melasma): Causes and Treatment - Health
2024年5月26日 · Melasma causes dark spots on the face, usually appearing on the cheeks, chin, forehead, nose, and upper lip. People may still notice melasma on their jawline, neck, and arms.
Unmasking the causes and treatments of melasma - Harvard Health
2020年10月13日 · You're more likely to get melasma if you have a darker skin type, probably because your skin naturally has more active pigment-producing cells, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. Melasma appears when these cells become hyperactive and produce too much pigment in certain areas of the skin.