Pigmentary Disorders in Black Skin

Hyperpigmentation: types, diagnostics and targeted treatment options

“…Stretching of the skin at the joints can possibly be a mechanical trigger for the melanocytes 1 . Next causation of striking skin hyperpigmentation over the joints can be an episode of inflammatory arthritis.…”

“…Mongolian spots represent areas of dermal melanocytosis as result of arrest in migration of melanocytes from the neural crest to the epidermis. Approximately 80–100% of the Asian and black newborn have them 1 . The grey‐black macular lesions may be solitary or multiple.…”