2023-05-03 15:12:39
Melasma, also called pregnancy mask – even if in 80% of cases there is no pregnancy – correction of hyperpigmentation of the skin in certain areas of the face. It can be a source of complex. How to attenuate it when it is there? We posed the question to Marie Jourdan, dermatologist.
The article below is a transcript of the video embedded in this article.
We don’t take it off like that!
It’s difficult these consultations for melasma because it’s still the moment when we explain to you that it is chronic and that even if we manage to attenuate it, to put it to sleep, in reality, the beast slumbers deep in your skin and that, for a very long time, even several years. So already, you have to educate yourself well. We are not going to jump on you to treat your stains if besides that, you are not very careful with stimulating factors, sun protection, be careful to be gentle when removing make-up, do not rub your face. And then obviously, check if there is not a particular pill taken that would have triggered everything in order to change it in agreement with your gynecologist. But this, it is actually very rare.
Slow down: the right strategy
So when these pro-stimulating elements of melasma are well controlled, then we will ask ourselves the question to attenuate, to turn off this pigment spot a little bit. And it’s really mainly with the help of cosmetics, creams, depigmenting, lightening cosmetics that you can find in drugstores. Until go to the depigmenting preparation prescribed by the doctor, which contains hydroquinone, this extraordinarily depigmenting element which is prohibited in cosmetics. You need a prescription to get it.
At the dermatologist: the laser option as a last resort
And then, a little further, we can offer you peels. Several lightening and at the same time gentle peels. Because if they were too strong, we would risk having a rebound effect, stimulating the melasma. Until finally, but as a last resort, to go to the laser. And in the case of a laser, we would more readily use remodeling lasers, lasers that actually improve cell renewal quietly, while going to find the pigment deep in the skin to gradually eliminate it. So lots of solutions, but really step by step, it doesn’t necessarily have any interest in seeking a very effective and expensive treatment, when in fact that’s not the problem.
In fact, anything can work to improve alleviate melasma. The problem with melasma is that you go for a drink on the terrace and everything comes back.
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