Melasma is a skin condition characterized by patches of discoloration on the face. It is a type of hyperpigmentation that is difficult to treat.
' Melasma is a bitch.' When that's the medical assessment of a board-certified dermatologist, you know you're dealing with a tricky skin condition . 'She's an uncontrollable bitch with a mind of her own that you can never figure out,' says Shereene Idriss, MD, a board-certified dermatologist and founder of Idriss Dermatology in New York City. Forgive the pejoratives, but in this case, I too believe they're well deserved.
Melasma is characterized by patches of discoloration on the face, typically on the forehead, the mid-cheeks, and above the lip. Not all hyperpigmentation is melasma, but all melasma is hyperpigmentation. And all melasma is exceedingly tough to tackle, unlike dark spots, which can typically be treated with topicals like retinoids and vitamin C. I didn’t know what melasma was until a few years ago, when I started to question the dark spots that would appear on my face during the warmer months of the year then magically fade once the cold arrived. Prior to being diagnosed with melasma in my early 30s, I referred to these patches as 'freckles
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