| Color of the human skin is due to melanin, the | | | | depigmentation but also makes the skin color |
| black brown pigment, which is produced by | | | | very uneven and patchy , and hence unsightly. |
| melanocytes cells in the skin. Changes in pigment | | | | Other common conditions resulting in |
| level are perceived as changes in skin color, which | | | | depigmentation include, Albinism, Tenia Versicolor, |
| may be seen both as a loss of color | | | | nevus depigmentosus and guttate hypomelanosis. |
| (de-pigmentation), or as an excessive | | | | The Commonest cause of darkening complexion |
| accumulation of pigment (hyper-pigmentation). | | | | or hyper-pigmentation is excessive exposure to |
| Such changes in pigmentation may come through | | | | sun, but Melasma is all too familiar to women who |
| as simple influences as the amount of sun | | | | have born children. Acanthosis Nigricans is |
| exposure, but they are a source of extreme | | | | associated with insulin resistance and is fairly |
| distress when they are due to disease simply | | | | common. |
| because they bring the added distress of having a | | | | We can summarize in the end that pigmentary |
| disease. | | | | disorders of the skin are fairly varied in their origin |
| Vitiligo is probably the commonest cause of | | | | and it is always wise to seek professional help |
| depigmentation and generates a lot of concern | | | | when you notice an un-accountable change in your |
| due to the fact that it causes not only | | | | skin color. |