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How To Treat Melasma(Hormonal Pigmentation)

The most bothersome facial pigmentation issue is called melasma – otherwise called a"pregnancy mask". Melasma is a brown pigmentation that affects mostly adult women. It often develops during pregnancy. Many have large patches of brown pigment covering the entire forehead or cheek or around the mouth area. Often it can be tricky to cover entirely with cosmetics, and several women have spent money on light creams and various remedies just to get rid of it. 

Melasma (also known as hormonal pigmentation) is excreted by exposure to the sun and UV radiation, but hormonal factors also play a role, as it often does during pregnancy. Melasma can be quite difficult although not impossible to control. Here are a few suggestions:

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1. Use sunscreen daily. The best method of therapy is prevention. Starting at a young age with daily sunblock, avoiding exposure to strong sunlight, and avoiding tanning beds can help stop all young women and adolescents from developing the illness in their middle adult years. For women who have melasma, sun protection can keep them from deteriorating. This means daily sunblock year-round.

2. Cease your birth control pills: If you do not need them to get birth control. If you are having children, consider your surgical alternatives for birth control. If you are taking birth control to help with menstrual symptoms, contemplate biologics hormone management instead. If you are taking hormone replacement treatment, try to lower your estrogen 

3. Keep away from soy. A lot do not understand that 20% of the calories from the typical American diet come from soy derivatives. Our processed food includes considerable amounts of soy. And soy can mimic estrogen in your body. Read your food labels, and try to cut back on your soy intake.

4. Light lotion. It's a really popular form of therapy, but is not successful for many and will usually simply lighten the melasma. Hydroquinone is the most effective topical cleansing agent and may be located over the counter using a prescription at low doses or at high effective doses. But prolonged use of hydroquinone can sometimes increase melasma, particularly in Asian and Hispanic skin.