Pigmentation Disorder

Pigmentation disorders are disturbances of human skin color, generally involving an abnormal pigmentation of skin, or underproduction or overproduction of melanin.^[1] It may occur in a lace-like pattern.^[1]

It includes conditions with abnormal pigmentation; hemosiderin hyperpigmentation, medication pigment, post inflammatory hyperpigmentation, and melasma.^[1] Some form a lace-like pattern pigment; dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria, dyschromatosis universalis hereditaria, Dowling–Degos disease, Galli-Galli disease and reticulate acropigmentation of Kitamura.^[1] Others include erythema dyschromicum perstans.^[2] There may be a loss or reduction, which may be related to loss of melanocytes or the inability of melanocytes to produce melanin or transport melanosomes correctly.^[1]

It is common among people with darker skin.^[2]

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 James, William D.; Elston, Dirk; Treat, James R.; Rosenbach, Misha A.; Neuhaus, Isaac (2020). "36. Disturbances of pigmentation". Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology (13th ed.). Edinburgh: Elsevier. pp. 862–880. ISBN 978-0-323-54753-6. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Onalaja, Amanda A.; Taylor, Susan C. (2021). "1. Defining skin color". In Li, Becky S.; Maibach, Howard I. (eds.). Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations. Switzerland: Springer. pp. 11–13. ISBN 978-3-030-64829-9. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2022-08-29.

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[Andrew2020-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 James, William D.; Elston, Dirk; Treat, James R.; Rosenbach, Misha A.; Neuhaus, Isaac (2020). "36. Disturbances of pigmentation". Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology (13th ed.). Edinburgh: Elsevier. pp. 862–880. ISBN 978-0-323-54753-6. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-05-05.

[Li2021-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Onalaja, Amanda A.; Taylor, Susan C. (2021). "1. Defining skin color". In Li, Becky S.; Maibach, Howard I. (eds.). Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations. Switzerland: Springer. pp. 11–13. ISBN 978-3-030-64829-9. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2022-08-29.

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