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Hey i have been having this brown patches around my belly button and lower back area for years now . Im not sure whether they are birthmarks or not. They do not hurt or do anything to me , but it looks really ugly. What do you think they are and what treatment can be done.
Im not sure whether you can see the photo I've uploaded. Seems to be waiting for admins approval....
Hey thanks for the quick reply, before this i was kinda guessing that it could be hyperpimentation but doesnt it require for that area of the skin to be exposed to sunlight? Because my body hardly gets any sunlight
Hi,
Hyperpigmentation is a skin condition that occurs when the body has too much melanin, or pigment.
Skin lightening agents are available like the following:
-Hydroquinone, 2-4% has skin bleaching properties. Hydroquinone can be quite irritating to the skin and cause redness or contact dermatitis. There is also the rare risk of developing ochronosis, which is a paradoxical reaction to the hydroquinone in the treated area leading to an increase in pigmentation. This appears to occur in darker individuals after prolonged use. Alternating use of hydroquinone with other lightening agents every four months can help prevent this.
-Kojic Acid, which has the same mechanism of action as Hydroquinone. It is derived from a variety of different fungi and organic substances such as soy and mushrooms. Research shows Kojic Acid to be an effective lightening agent that inhibits the production of melanin.
-Glycolic acid alpha-hydroxy acid (AHA) can has a shedding effect on the top layer of skin, to help exfoliate the pigmented skin cells. By doing this it speeds skin turnover and pigment is lost more quickly.
Laser treatment can be used for the treatment of skin pigmentation yet leave normal skin intact. ‘Selective photothermolysis’ is a term that describes how pigmentation ‘selectively’ takes up the energy given out from the laser in preference to that of the normal skin. This allows the laser to selectively disrupt the pigment with minimal or no damage to surrounding skin.
ref:http://www.sesderma.co.uk/pigmentation.htm
Hyperpigmentation is a skin condition that occurs when the body has too much melanin, or pigment.
Skin lightening agents are available like the following:
-Hydroquinone, 2-4% has skin bleaching properties. Hydroquinone can be quite irritating to the skin and cause redness or contact dermatitis. There is also the rare risk of developing ochronosis, which is a paradoxical reaction to the hydroquinone in the treated area leading to an increase in pigmentation. This appears to occur in darker individuals after prolonged use. Alternating use of hydroquinone with other lightening agents every four months can help prevent this.
-Kojic Acid, which has the same mechanism of action as Hydroquinone. It is derived from a variety of different fungi and organic substances such as soy and mushrooms. Research shows Kojic Acid to be an effective lightening agent that inhibits the production of melanin.
-Glycolic acid alpha-hydroxy acid (AHA) can has a shedding effect on the top layer of skin, to help exfoliate the pigmented skin cells. By doing this it speeds skin turnover and pigment is lost more quickly.
Laser treatment can be used for the treatment of skin pigmentation yet leave normal skin intact. ‘Selective photothermolysis’ is a term that describes how pigmentation ‘selectively’ takes up the energy given out from the laser in preference to that of the normal skin. This allows the laser to selectively disrupt the pigment with minimal or no damage to surrounding skin.
ref:http://www.sesderma.co.uk/pigmentation.htm
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