What causes upper lip discoloration?
I am 50 years old, fair, sun-protected skin. This winter, the area on my upper lip is becoming dark and difficult to hide. What is causing this? Hormones? I recently had my FSH tested and I am still several years away from menopause.
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9 Jan 2009
This could well be hormonal. The effects of hormones on the body are not a reflection of the levels of a single hormone alone but rather the effect of the balance of several hormones working together or indeed against each other. It does not make much clinical sense to measure a single sex hormone level. If there is one area we understand very well it is the way sex hormones balance each other out. There are less omninous explanations to your discoloration. Easiest would be hyperpigmentation from sun exposure which has become more evident as the rest of your face loses its Summer tan. Easily treated with phototherapy. How about a light fuzzy hair growth?