17/10/2022
💠𝐐&𝐀 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐌𝐀
📌𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫?
Melasma appears most commonly on your cheeks, nose, chin, above the upper lip and the forehead. It sometimes affects your arms, neck and back.
In fact, melasma can affect any part of your skin that is exposed to sunlight.
📌𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚?
Melasma is a very common skin disorder, especially among pregnant women. 15% to 50% of pregnant women get it.
Between 1.5% and 33% of the population may get melasma and it happens more often during a woman’s reproductive years, and rarely happens during puberty.
It usually starts between 20 and 40 years of age.
📌𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚?
Fairer-skinned people are less likely to be affected by melasma than those with darker brown skin or those who tan well.
Women are more likely to get melasma than men: about 10% of those who get melasma are men, 90% women. Pregnant women get melasma more often than anyone else.
You’re also at risk if you take oral contraceptives and hormones.
📌𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚?
Melasma causes light brown, dark brown, and/or bluish patches or freckle-like spots on your skin.
Sometimes the patches can become red or inflamed. Melasma appears in six locations or a combination of locations on your skin.
If you have any questions about the skin, please leave a comment and we will answer it in part 2!
