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Melasma and Vitiligo in Brown Skin

  • Addresses the specifics of pigmentation disorders in brown skin

  • Chapters describe selection of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments in detail

  • Features a wealth of carefully selected photographs and illustrations to support the text

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. The Brown Skin

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Concept of Brown Skin

      • Maria Juliet Enriquez-Macarayo, Evangeline B. Handog
      Pages 3-5
    3. Prevalent Skin Disorders in Brown Skin

      • Maria Juliet Enriquez-Macarayo, Evangeline B. Handog
      Pages 7-10
  3. Melasma in Brown Skin

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
    2. Definition, Incidence, and Etiology of Melasma in Brown Skin

      • Tania Cestari, Juliano Peruzzo, Natalia Giongo
      Pages 13-19
    3. Pathogenesis of Melasma

      • Kyoung Chan Park, In Su Kim
      Pages 21-31
    4. The Histopathology of Melasma in Brown Skin

      • Johannes F. Dayrit
      Pages 51-62
    5. The Scoring Aid: MASI and Modified MASI

      • Tien Guan Steven Thng, Sai Yee Chuah
      Pages 63-70
    6. Differential Diagnosis of Melasma in Brown Skin

      • Evangeline B. Handog, Maria Juliet Enriquez-Macarayo
      Pages 71-80
    7. Melasma and Comorbidities

      • Ncoza C. Dlova, Levashni Naidoo
      Pages 81-83
    8. Topical Agents in Melasma

      • Ma. Flordeliz Abad-Casintahan, Hester Gail Lim
      Pages 93-101
    9. Botanicals in Melasma

      • Evangeline B. Handog, Maria Juliet Enriquez-Macarayo, Ricky Hipolito
      Pages 103-122
    10. Oral Lightening Agents

      • Evangeline B. Handog, Maria Juliet Enriquez-Macarayo
      Pages 123-128
    11. Chemical Peeling for Melasma

      • Rosalina E. Nadela
      Pages 129-141
    12. Iontophoresis and Mesotherapy in Melasma

      • Maria Suzanne L. Datuin
      Pages 159-167

About this book

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.

Reviews

“The purpose is to educate dermatologists on the current knowledge of the pathogenesis and the most effective approaches to treating and understanding melasma and vitiligo. The audience is dermatologists. … This is a superb reference, in fact the best I have read to date on these conditions. This is the only book you need to read for understanding melasma and vitiligo. … Buy this book -- you won’t be disappointed and you will be surprised at what you will learn.” (Patricia Wong, Doody’s Book Reviews, April, 2017)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Asian Hospital and Medical Center, Muntinlupa, Philippines

    Evangeline B. Handog

  • Angeles University Foundation Medical Center, Pampanga, Philippines

    Maria Juliet Enriquez-Macarayo

About the editors

Dr Evangeline B. Handog, the first woman President of the International Society of Dermatology, is currently the Chair of the Department of Dermatology, Asian Hospital and Medical Center, Philippines and Head of the Cosmetic Unit of the Department of Dermatology, Research Institution for Tropical Medicine, Philippines.

As Chair of the Pigmentary Disorders Advisory Board of the Philippines, her research interest is primarily on Melasma and other pigmentary disorders. She has published more than thirty papers, and written fourteen chapters for international books, mostly on lightening agents.

She is a member of  the editorial board of the International Journal of Dermatology, faculty of F1000 and contributor to UpToDate.

Maria Juliet Enriquez-Macarayo, an active dermatologist consultant at Angeles University Foundation Medical Center, Pampanga, Philippines, is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the International Society of Dermatology’s Connection Newsletter, an Associate Faculty of f1000 and a contributor to UpToDate. 

She has co-authored local and international book chapters on pigmentary disorders, acne and diseases in Asian skin. With her valuable insights, she is a well- appreciated lecturer and a key opinion leader.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Melasma and Vitiligo in Brown Skin

  • Editors: Evangeline B. Handog, Maria Juliet Enriquez-Macarayo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3664-1

  • Publisher: Springer New Delhi

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer India 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-3662-7Published: 20 February 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-3881-2Published: 09 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-3664-1Published: 10 February 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 377

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 120 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Dermatology

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Softcover Book USD 99.99
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Hardcover Book USD 139.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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