Main description:

Melasma is a very common patchy brown, tan, or blue-gray facial skin discoloration, almost entirely seen in women in the reproductive years (MedicineNet.com).

This book is a concise guide to the dermatological disorder, Melasma.

Divided into 14 chapters, the book covers all aspects of the condition, starting with epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features and its global distribution. Various treatment options are described such as photo-protection, cosmetic camouflage, hydroquinone- based therapies, and chemical peels. The concluding chapters feature discussion on the quality of life of melasma patients, and melasma in men.

Written by international experts in the field of dermatology, Melasma: A Monograph includes full colour images to enhance the concise, but informative text.

Key Points

• Covers epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features and therapies


• Includes chapters on quality of life and melasma in men


• Text enhanced by full colour images

Contents:

Contributors

Foreword

Preface

1. Epidemiology and Global Distribution of Melasma

2. Etiological Factors and Triggering Factors

3. Etiopathogenesis of Melasma

4. Clinical Features and Classification of Melasma, Wood’s Lamp, and Melasma Area Severity Index Score

5. Investigations in Melasma: Histopathology, Dermoscopy, and In Vivo Reflectance Confocal Microscopy in Melasma

6. Investigations in Melasma: Dermoscopy in Melasma

7. Photoprotection and Cosmetic Camouflage for Melasma

8. Hydroquinone Based Therapies for Melasma

9. Non-Hydroquinone Based Therapies for Melasma

10. Oral Agents in the Treatment of Melasma

11. Chemical Peels for Melasma

12. Lasers for Melasma

13. Melasma and Quality of Life

14. Melasma in Men

Appendix: Treatment Algorithm for Melasma