Best Treatment For Melasma

Melasma Melasma is most common in women 20-50 years of age. Melasma looks like brown, tan, or blue-gray spots on the face (hyperpigmentation). Melasma is characterized by three location patterns (central face, cheekbone, and jawline). Melasma is caused partly by sun, genetic predisposition, and hormonal changes.

Photo: Robert Trachtenberg Q: I've never been pregnant, but I have dark splotches -Melasma, "the mask of pregnancy"-on my cheeks and upper lip. What causes this and how can I get rid of it?

What Is It? Melasma is a condition in which areas of the skin become darker than the surrounding skin. Doctors call this hyperpigmentation. It typically occurs on the face, particularly the forehead, cheeks and above the upper lip. The dark patches often appear on both sides of the face in a nearly identical pattern.

By It doesn't hurt, and it won't kill you. In fact, melasma has no symptoms-except for darkening patches of facial skin. Melasma is a condition characterized by the brownish patches that commonly appear right where the whole world can see-on the cheeks, the nose, and the forehead.