Melasma: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatments - Healthline
WEBMay 4, 2023 · Melasma causes patches of discoloration. The patches are darker than your usual skin color. It typically occurs on the face and is symmetrical, with matching marks on both sides of the face.
Melasma: Causes, symptoms, pictures & treatment - Medical News Today
WEBOct 26, 2023 · 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 population.
Dark Spots on Face (Melasma): Causes and Treatment - Health
WEBMay 26, 2024 · You may have dark spots on your face due to melasma, a skin condition in which patches of brown spots appear on the skin. Those patches—also known as hyperpigmentation, a general term for skin ...
Causes of Melasma and How to Treat It - Verywell Health
WEBMay 6, 2024 · 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.
Melasma: Treatment, Causes & Prevention - Cleveland Clinic
WEBIf you have melasma you’re probably experiencing light brown, dark brown and/or blue-gray patches on your skin. They can appear as flat patches or freckle-like spots. Commonly affected areas include your face, including the cheeks, …
Melasma: Overview - American Academy of Dermatology
WEBFeb 15, 2022 · 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 on Dark Skin: Appearance, Diagnosis, Management
WEBAug 13, 2024 · 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.
What Causes Melasma on Your Face, and How Can You Treat It? - SELF
WEBAug 29, 2023 · “Melasma is a pigmentary skin condition characterized by darkened patches that typically look brown or grayish,” Hayley Goldbach, MD, a board-certified dermatologist and assistant professor of...
Melasma: Signs and symptoms - American Academy of Dermatology
WEBFeb 15, 2022 · Melasma causes patches and spots that are darker than your natural skin color. This woman has melasma on her cheek, chin, above her upper lip, and next to her ear. Melasma develops on both sides of the face. If you have melasma on your cheeks, you’ll see patches or spots on both cheeks, as shown here.
Demystifying hyperpigmentation: Causes, types, and effective …
WEBMar 11, 2024 · What is hyperpigmentation? Hyperpigmentation refers to skin that darkens in comparison to its natural color. These patches of discoloration can develop anywhere on the skin, but are most often seen on sun-exposed areas such as the face, neck, chest, tops of the arms and hands, and shins.