Chloasma treatment 'six taboos'

Chloasma is the most common abnormal skin color problem among Chinese women (especially women of childbearing age). Due to the complex etiology, it is difficult to treat. Although there are many treatment methods, they are not "special effects". Improper treatment can also aggravate melasma .

1. Taboo: Unhealthy lifestyle
Smoking, drinking, staying up late, stress and other unhealthy lifestyles are detrimental to health and skin beauty, especially staying up late.
Modern research has confirmed that unhealthy lifestyles such as smoking, drinking, staying up late, and stress will affect the neuroendocrine system, induce damage to the skin barrier, and abnormal melanin synthesis (increased melanin synthesis is manifested as chloasma, dull skin, uneven skin, etc. Reduced melanin synthesis manifests as vitiligo).

2. Avoid: Pursue magical freckle products
Whether it is medicine (such as whitening injections and whitening pills that are very popular recently) or skin care products, the whitening and freckle removal effects are not excellent or magical, but only have a certain effect. Those legendary miraculous freckle products, the result of rapid freckle removal is that the skin becomes fragile and sensitive; or illegal products with heavy metals such as lead and mercury added, after rapid freckle removal, various strange pigmentation gradually appeared on the skin, and serious Liver and kidney damage occurs.

3. Avoid: inappropriate photoelectric therapy
With the rise of photoelectric treatments such as lasers, intense pulsed light, and fractional lasers, there are many advertisements about laser freckle removal, but even the most advanced picosecond lasers are not 100% effective, and there are still aggravation of melasma Situations, once aggravated, may take longer to remedy.
However, don’t be so scared that you don’t dare to do photoelectric therapy anymore. For those who have aggravated photoelectric therapy, after a period of repair and adjustment, you can choose another opportunity to undergo photoelectric therapy. The key lies in the timing of treatment (that is, skin condition), model, parameters, and frequency. and skin care during treatment.

4. Avoid: Neglecting barrier repair
Chloasma is often accompanied by impaired skin barrier function, and any barrier-impaired factor can induce inflammatory reactions of varying degrees in the skin. Severe chloasma is often accompanied by an inflammatory reaction. At this time, the VISIA skin test can find that the red area increases. When the pigmentation subsides, the red area is also reduced. Therefore, the treatment of melasma must always pay attention to barrier repair. During the treatment process, in addition to closely observing the treatment response, VISIA skin testing can also be carried out in time to closely observe the red area. Once it increases, it will prompt the need to strengthen the anti-inflammatory repair barrier and suspend all aggressive treatments.
Clinically, it has also been found that those who strictly abide by the doctor's advice and earnestly carry out barrier repair such as moisturizing and sun protection are more likely to obtain the effect of whitening and freckle removal, and are less likely to relapse or rebound.

5. Avoid: Ignore sun protection
Sunlight not only induces inflammation and accumulation of free radicals, damages the skin barrier, but also directly stimulates the synthesis and transportation of melanin. Sun protection is very important to treat melasma!

6. Six bogeys: lack of patience and persistence
The treatment of chloasma takes 3-6 months for mild cases, and 1-3 years for severe cases. After recovery, it is necessary to always beware of recurrence, especially patience and persistence.