Melasma: A Review

Victor, Frank; Gelber, Jeremy; Rao, Babar

doi:10.1007/s10227-004-0158-9

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“…Corneal diseases, mainly pterygium and climatic droplet keratopathy, were found in 20% of a local community in the North Western Cape. 5 The immunosuppressive effect of solar UVR exposure has the potential to reduce resistance to infectious diseases. While this has been shown in numerous animal models, there are limited data from human studies (e.g.…”

Section: Harmful Effectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Interestingly, skin cancer in vitiligo sufferers is rare, while melasma is caused by several factors, including lifestyle, hormones and sun exposure. 4 Cortical cataract, pinguecula and pterygium are the most common eye conditions related to sun exposure in SA. However, reliable figures of their incidence and prevalence are not available.…”

Section: Harmful Effectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Solar ultraviolet radiation exposure and human health in South Africa: Finding a balance

et al. 2012

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Section: Harmful Effectsmentioning

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Section: Harmful Effectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Solar ultraviolet radiation exposure and human health in South Africa: Finding a balance

et al. 2012

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“…According to investigations, Melasma and what has been called as "Kalaf " in Iranian traditional medicine have almost similar clinical symptoms (14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21). A comparing the characteristics of Melasma and Kalaf in terms of signs, symptoms, affected areas, mechanism, and the risk factors has been displayed below (Table 2).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nutritional Advice for Patients with Melasma in Iranian Traditional Medicine

et al. 2016

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Background: Melasma (called Kalaf in Iranian traditional medicine) is a common acquired hypermelanosis that affects sun-exposed areas of skin. Several factors including exposure to sunlight, pregnancy, and endocrine diseases increase the risk for Melasma. In traditional medicine, antecedent philosophers and physicians have tried to understand the nature and mechanisms of different systems of the human body for the diagnosis and management of Melasma; they have offered different solutions for it. This study is important since Melasma is a disease causing mental side effects in patients, due to darkness and opacity of the skin; therefore, the treatment of Melasma in terms of its psychological complications is of particular importance. In addition, texts of Iranian traditional medicine contain a wealth of nutritional advice for patients with Melasma. These texts have, until now, not yet been reviewed. The present study has considered the most important references of Iranian traditional medicine texts. Objectives: The objective of this study was to extract and categorize the nutritional advice of Iranian traditional medicine texts for the treatment of Melasma. Results: Dietary recommendations, not only for treatment but also for prevention of diseases and staying healthy, are very efficient. Conclusions: Based on the traditional medicine texts, it is helpful to avoid Soda-producing food as well as to identify appropriate food in order to eliminate the accumulation of Soda or black bile from the blood. This study offers a set of analytical and clinical research on food, which in traditional medicine is called Soda-producing as well as Soda reducing.

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“…A few pathogenesis of melasma such as UV light exposure, hormone change, increased vascularity, defective barrier function, and inflammation have been identified [2,5,14]. In this study, we considered solar lentigo.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%