Melasma: Background, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment lines

Hassan Sabry, Hanan; Rafea Affas, Rami; Ezzat Ibrahim, Samah

doi:10.21608/bjas.2024.320893.1502

	Melasma: Background, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment lines
Benha Journal of Applied Sciences
Article 4, Volume 9, Issue 9, September 2024, Page 17-23 PDF (425.97 K)
Document Type: Review Articles
DOI: 10.21608/bjas.2024.320893.1502
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Authors
Hanan Hassan Sabry¹; Rami Rafea Affas ²; Samah Ezzat Ibrahim³
¹Professor of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Egypt
²Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Egypt
³Lecturer of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Egypt
Abstract
Background: Melasma, symmetrical brown macules in sunlight-exposed regions, is a common acquired condition. Several treatments have mixed effectiveness and tolerance. Objective: This page discusses melasma epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and therapy. Melasma aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical images, and decrease up to 2024 were found in Medline databases (Pub Med and Medscape). One year after giving birth, pregnancy-related melasma generally disappears with treatment. Six percent spontaneous remission. About 30% of individuals have pigmentary consequences. Oral contraceptive users and those with darker pigmented melasma have higher persistence. Pregnant women having a history of several pregnancies are more likely to have melasma for the first time Melasma, a common skin ailment, causes dark spots. It is more prevalent in childbearing women and symmetrical the illness reports were mostly female, with an estimated ratio of 9 or 10 females to 1 man. Melasma is more common in pregnant women, supporting its hormonal cause. High oestrogen, progesterone, and melanocortin levels during pregnancy. studies that did not meet inclusion requirements were excluded. Ethical approval, eligibility criteria, controls, information, and evaluation measures were study quality assessment factors. A data collecting form was used to independently extract data from each qualifying research for our study results.
Keywords
Melasma, Cathepsins; Treatment of melasma


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