Are hormones involved in the pathogenesis of melasma (chloasma, pregnancy mask) ? (For Professionals)
- Hormones only provide a partial explanation to the pathogenesis of melasma (chloasma, mask of pregnancy)
- In a study involving 400 pregnant women:
- 16% of them had melasma even though it was not related to the stage of pregnancy
- Also the pigmentation was located more often on the arms which is an atypical distribution for melasma.
Contributors:
Dr Christophe HSU – dermatologist. Geneva, Switzerland
Source of Information: 2012 (09) – Sachdev M. .21st Annual Congress of the EADV (European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology) – Prague (Praha), Czech Republic (česká republika)
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