Microneedling in facial recalcitrant melasma: report of a series of 22 cases

Melasma is a chronic skin disorder that results in symmetrical, blotchy, brownish facial pigmentation. It is more common in women than in men, it generally starts between 20 and 40 years, and it can lead to considerable embarrassment and distress. The aims of this article is to evaluate the treatmen...

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Autor principal: Lima, Emerson de Andrade
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2015
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Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4689089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26734882
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20154748
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description Melasma is a chronic skin disorder that results in symmetrical, blotchy, brownish facial pigmentation. It is more common in women than in men, it generally starts between 20 and 40 years, and it can lead to considerable embarrassment and distress. The aims of this article is to evaluate the treatment with the microneedling method in 18 female and 4 male with recalcitrant melasma. All patients demonstrated good results. In conclusion, microneedles appears to be a promising therapeutic method for melasma.
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spelling pubmed-46890892015-12-28 Microneedling in facial recalcitrant melasma: report of a series of 22 cases Lima, Emerson de Andrade An Bras Dermatol Communication Melasma is a chronic skin disorder that results in symmetrical, blotchy, brownish facial pigmentation. It is more common in women than in men, it generally starts between 20 and 40 years, and it can lead to considerable embarrassment and distress. The aims of this article is to evaluate the treatment with the microneedling method in 18 female and 4 male with recalcitrant melasma. All patients demonstrated good results. In conclusion, microneedles appears to be a promising therapeutic method for melasma. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4689089/ /pubmed/26734882 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20154748 Text en ©2015 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Microneedling in facial recalcitrant melasma: report of a series of 22 cases
title Microneedling in facial recalcitrant melasma: report of a series of 22 cases
title_full Microneedling in facial recalcitrant melasma: report of a series of 22 cases
title_fullStr Microneedling in facial recalcitrant melasma: report of a series of 22 cases
title_full_unstemmed Microneedling in facial recalcitrant melasma: report of a series of 22 cases
title_short Microneedling in facial recalcitrant melasma: report of a series of 22 cases
title_sort microneedling in facial recalcitrant melasma: report of a series of 22 cases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4689089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26734882
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20154748
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