Melasma And Color Pigment Spot Removal
Melasma pregnancy mask syndrome impacts many Latino and Asian women producing darkened coloring spots on the face. Learn more about the causes including sun exposure, treatments for melasma and color pigment spot reduction.
Managing Melasma Through Laser And Skin Resurfacing
Melasma Symptoms. For some women, use of contraceptive pills… over-exposure to the sun… or racial genotype such as Latino or Asiatic may account for a broad tendency to express melasma color darkening over the face… lips… cheeks… forehead and upper neck. Female hormone activity levels…especially pregnancy… seem to trigger the appearance of these coloring abnormalities.
Melasma Treatment Alternatives. For many women the good news is that melasma symptoms tend to fade over a 3 to 4 month period after initial expression. Laser skin resurfacing offers a controlled and relatively successful short-term strategy to deliver highly controlled treatment to the facial areas impacted by melasma. Chemical peels can also be considered. Alternatively, steroidal creams as well as even skin bleaching cream formulations including hydroquinone or retinoic acid produce encouraging results.
Things To Avoid: Sun And Contraception Pill. Lifestyle choices impact on the rise and spread of melasma. Genetics and family heredity are key initial factors. However, if a you regularly take oral contraception, then you increase the likelihood of melasma symptoms. Similarly, sun exposure triggers a rise in your skin’s color pigments… thus contributes to a worsening melasma appearance.
When Melasma Is Temporary Versus Permanent. A complex of factors may trigger melasma in women… and in under 15% of men. Topical creams, skin bleachers, chemical peels and laser skin resurfacing all provide positive results. Left alone, and not exacerbated by sun exposure, melasma tends to live a short life, less than one year. Reason? The impacted skin cells showing the discoloration are “surface” cells. Where melasma becomes “permanent” is if the discolored area splits, allowing these hyper-pigmented cells to dive deeper into your skin or dermal layers. Once these discolored cells bearing melasma settled within your deeper dermal tissue levels, they don’t respond to conventional treatments. Message? Skin health… monitoring your skin condition… avoiding drying out… avoiding sun exposure… using sunscreen daily with SPF 30+ value… ingesting loads of Vitamin C which counters sun damage…making sure that you get the best daily nutrition.
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