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African American Female Melasma Treatment
asked 1 year ago by 4310anon
Latest answer by Raffy Karamanoukian, MD
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Tags: female, African American
I am a 49 year old light skinned African American female. I was on the Obagi system and noticed melasmi was getting lighter for about 3 months, then it just stopped working. Doctor then suggested Vi Peel which made my melasma darker which now after about 3-4 weeks melasma has gone back to its pre VI peel state. Now the doctor is suggesting a glycolic peel in increments of a low percentage and working my way up to stronger dosage. Does anything work for African Americans suffering from melasma!!! Or is it just a hit or miss???
2 answers to African American Female Melasma Treatment
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Treating melasma and dark spots on African American or Olive skin with Melaquin
My experience with African American skin and pigmentation has been positive to date. The color and complexion of your skin is less a variable when you consider the propensity to pigmentation as the major factor. I would begin a topical skin brightening regimen, such as Melaquin, which works well for dark complexions as well as lighter ones.
Raffy Karamanoukian, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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Melasma Treatment for African American Skin?
Hi 4310. The issue is not so much your skin, but rather that Melasma is a very difficult condition to treat and manage. While we think Obagi is a good program, it is a lower % of Hydroquinone than we typically use for problem Melasma cases. Most of Obagi's products are 4% and we use two programs that can go as high as 8%. We have patients stay on these programs for 3 months and then take 1 month off the Hydroquinone products. We have about an 80% response...
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