Intravenous vitamin C in the treatment of post-laser hyperpigmentation for melasma: A short report

Melasma is difficult to treat. Vitamin C, topical and by iontophoresis, has been shown to be useful. When lasers are used, there is a significant incidence of post-laser hyperpigmentation. There is no single established treatment for the latter. The case history of a 51-year-old Chinese woman is pre...

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Autor principal: Kiang Lee, Georgia Siow
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2645136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18830869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14764170802187193
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description Melasma is difficult to treat. Vitamin C, topical and by iontophoresis, has been shown to be useful. When lasers are used, there is a significant incidence of post-laser hyperpigmentation. There is no single established treatment for the latter. The case history of a 51-year-old Chinese woman is presented. Intravenous vitamin C appears to be useful in treating this complication.
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spelling pubmed-26451362009-02-27 Intravenous vitamin C in the treatment of post-laser hyperpigmentation for melasma: A short report Kiang Lee, Georgia Siow J Cosmet Laser Ther Case Report Melasma is difficult to treat. Vitamin C, topical and by iontophoresis, has been shown to be useful. When lasers are used, there is a significant incidence of post-laser hyperpigmentation. There is no single established treatment for the latter. The case history of a 51-year-old Chinese woman is presented. Intravenous vitamin C appears to be useful in treating this complication. Informa Healthcare 2008-12-17 2008-12 /pmc/articles/PMC2645136/ /pubmed/18830869 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14764170802187193 Text en © 2008 Informa UK Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Supplemental Terms and Conditions for iOpenAccess articles published in Informa Healthcare journals (http://www.informaworld.com/mpp/uploads/iopenaccess_tcs.pdf) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Intravenous vitamin C in the treatment of post-laser hyperpigmentation for melasma: A short report
title Intravenous vitamin C in the treatment of post-laser hyperpigmentation for melasma: A short report
title_full Intravenous vitamin C in the treatment of post-laser hyperpigmentation for melasma: A short report
title_fullStr Intravenous vitamin C in the treatment of post-laser hyperpigmentation for melasma: A short report
title_full_unstemmed Intravenous vitamin C in the treatment of post-laser hyperpigmentation for melasma: A short report
title_short Intravenous vitamin C in the treatment of post-laser hyperpigmentation for melasma: A short report
title_sort intravenous vitamin c in the treatment of post-laser hyperpigmentation for melasma: a short report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2645136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18830869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14764170802187193
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