
recognising hormonally-related melasma from naturally occurring melasma
recognizing the difference between typical melanomas and those brought on by hormone abnormalities A pathological disease of skin pigmentation is melasma. Although it can affect either gender, melasma is more common in women. Melasma comes in two different varieties: endocrine melasma, also known as deep melasma, and patches of melasma. The term “mixed melasma” refers…