Pigmentation means coloring. Skin pigmentation disorders affect the color of your skin. Your skin gets its color from a pigment called melanin. Special cells in the skin make melanin. When these cells become damaged or unhealthy, it affects melanin production. Some pigmentation disorders affect just patches of skin. Others affect your entire body.
If your body makes too much melanin, your skin gets darker. Pregnancy, Addison’s disease, and sun exposure all can make your skin darker. If your body makes too little melanin, your skin gets lighter. Vitiligo is a condition that causes patches of light skin. Albinism is a genetic condition affecting a person’s skin. Infections, blisters and burns can also cause lighter skin.
Pigment disorders can be widespread and affect many areas of skin, or they can be localized and affect only certain areas of the skin.
The pigmentation changes they cause are called
Depigmentation
Hypopigmentation
Hyperpigmentation
Treatment Includes:
Chemical Peeling
Laser Treatment
Derma Roller/ Microneedling
Dermabrasion
Medi Facials