BookEvangeline B. Handog, Maria Juliet Enriquez-Macarayo, editors.
Summary: This book sheds new light on pigmentary disorders in people with brown skin. Brown skin encompasses many races and ethnicities. Due to migration, people with brown skin are seen almost everywhere in the world. A wide variety of pigmentary disorders exists among this population but the most disturbing and challenging are melasma and vitiligo This book covers these two disorders, among people of brown skin, from the epidemiology to management, in a detailed yet easy-to-read and easy-to-use style.
Contents:
Part I. The Brown Skin
1. The concept of brown skin
2. Prevalent skin disorders in brown skin
Part II. Melasma in Brown Skin
3. Definition, incidence, and etiology of melasma in brown skin
4. Pathogenesis of melasma
5. Classification and clinical presentations of melasma in brown skin
6. Diagnosis of melasma in brown skin: Wood's Lamp, dermoscopy , and confocal microscopy
7. The histopathology of melasma in brown skin
8. The scoring aid: MASI and modified MASI
9. Differential diagnosis of melasma in brown skin
10. Melasma and comorbidities
11. Melanogenesis and new signaling regulatory for the treatment of melasma
12. Topical agents in melasma
13. Botanicals in melasma
14. Oral lightening agents
15. Chemical peeling for melasma
16. The role of lasers and light devices for the treatment of melasma
17. Iontophoresis and mesotherapy in melasma
18. Quality of life in melasma
Part III. Vitiligo in Brown Skin
19. Vitiligo: definition, incidence, etiology
20. Pathogenesis of vitiligo
21. Vitiligo classification and clinical presentations
22. Dermoscopy in vitiligo
23. The histopathology of vitiligo in brown skin
24. Differential diagnosis of vitiligo in brown skin
25. Comorbidities in vitiligo
26. Topical medications in vitiligo
27. Oral medications in vitiligo
28. Vitiligo management: procedural options
29. Phototherapy in vitiligo
30. Vitiligo and quality of life
Part IV. Other Management Options for Melasma and Vitiligo
31. Phtoprotection in brown skin
32. Camouflage for brown skin with melasma or vitiligo
33. What's in the pipeline for melasma and vitiligo.