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 OTHER NAMES
- Melasma,
- cloasma gravídico,
- Mask of the pregnancy,
- You stain of the face.
DEFINITION
The cloasma or melasma of the pregnancy the spots appearance is a color white coffee of more or less intensity, which they appear in the face (mustache, cheekbones, front), partly depending on the more or less intense exhibition to the solar light.
CAUSES
The cloasma gravídico is a very frequent problem that affects especially younger women and of dark skin during the pregnancy, collaborating to the increase of the hormones of the same (Progestágenos). By it also this problem can appear on having taken contraceptive hormonal or hormonal therapies in the menopause.
The solar exhibition or alone solar light they determine the appearance of the cloasma, then precaution must be had under these circumstances of pregnancy or of hormonal treatments.
SYMPTOMS
The cloasma or melasma color appears in the shape of spots marronáceo in the shape of maps at level of the face, especially in the forehead, cheekbones and area of the mustache, giving an esthetic problem, which can persist after the disappearance of the hormonal stimulus (medicines or pregnancy).
TREATMENT
It is necessary to recommend entire solar filters or solar screens to avoid the solar exhibition during the pregnancy or hormonal treatments.
As soon as the hormonal stimulus was eliminated it is possible to treat with creams hipopigmentantes with benzoquinona, hidroquinona, tretinoína, acid azelaico, etc...
In very intense cases it is possible to recommend a chemical peeling or the laser use to eliminate the spots.
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