Melasma is also known as cholasma or “mask of pregnancy”. It is a condition in which brown patches appears on the face. Melasma can be due to hormonal changes during pregnancy or from sun exposure.

Women are more likely to develop this condition. It causes patches of discoloration. The patches are darker than usual skin color. It commonly occurs on face.

Symptoms

The symptoms of melasma are:

• Hyper pigmentation
• Brown color or dark brown patches on cheeks, forehead, bridge of the nose, chin.

Does homeopathy have treatment for melasma?

In homeopathy the medicines are selected on the basis of law “SIMILIA SIMILIBUS CURANTER” which means like cures like which means the medicines are selected on the basis of the patient suffering symptoms similar to that of the symptoms similar to the medicine which results in the excellent highly effective cure of the disease.

The disease is the outward reflection of the internally deranged vital force. So medicine from within a perfect healthy body must possess perfect healthy skin. Homeopathy helps controlling the further progress of the melasma and restores the even tone of skin.

Causes

Estrogen and progesterone can cause melasma.

The other causes are:

Birth control pills

Pregnancy

Hormone therapy

Stress

Thyroid disease

Sun exposure

Ultra violet rays

The person with dark skin is at more risk.

Conventional treatment

Hydroquinone, tretinion, and corticosteroid (triple combination cream)

Chemical peels

Oral tranexamic acid

Homeopathic treatment for melasma

• Sulphur
• Lycopodium clavatum
• Sepia officinalis
• Thuja occidentalis
• Argentum nitricum
• Sarsaparilla
• Cadmium sulphuratum
• Copaiva officinalis