Research Advances in the Treatment of Riehl’s Melanosis
Liuli Xu, Qing Huang, Ting Wu, Yunzhu Mu Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yunzhu Mu, Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, People’s Republic of Chi...
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| description | Liuli Xu, Qing Huang, Ting Wu, Yunzhu Mu Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yunzhu Mu, Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, People’s Republic of China, Email hymyz@126.comAbstract: Riehl’s melanosis (RM) is a contact photodermatitis, with fast progressive gray-brown skin pigmentation as the main manifestation, which can seriously affect the psychology and physiology of patients. Currently, although the etiological factors of Riehl’s melanosis is still be unknown, the existing literature proves clearly the cause of it is related to the contacting with suspected allergens. For decades, there has been no standard method for the treatment of RM, but with both conventional drug therapy and laser therapy having been attempted. Topical application of bleaching agents is mainly used as an auxiliary treatment modality. The laser treatment modality remains a hot spot, among which Q-switched Nd:YAG laser is well received for RM. Positive outcomes have been achieved by the combined treatment modalities attempted in recent years also achieve positive outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to review and summarize recent advances in the treatment of the disease.Keywords: Riehl’s melanosis, pigmented contact dermatitis, therapy |
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| spelling | doaj.art-72b289206242408586f30f7979d1b2842023-05-04T19:14:20ZengDove Medical PressClinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology1178-70152023-05-01Volume 161181118983496Research Advances in the Treatment of Riehl’s MelanosisXu LHuang QWu TMu YLiuli Xu, Qing Huang, Ting Wu, Yunzhu Mu Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yunzhu Mu, Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, People’s Republic of China, Email hymyz@126.comAbstract: Riehl’s melanosis (RM) is a contact photodermatitis, with fast progressive gray-brown skin pigmentation as the main manifestation, which can seriously affect the psychology and physiology of patients. Currently, although the etiological factors of Riehl’s melanosis is still be unknown, the existing literature proves clearly the cause of it is related to the contacting with suspected allergens. For decades, there has been no standard method for the treatment of RM, but with both conventional drug therapy and laser therapy having been attempted. Topical application of bleaching agents is mainly used as an auxiliary treatment modality. The laser treatment modality remains a hot spot, among which Q-switched Nd:YAG laser is well received for RM. Positive outcomes have been achieved by the combined treatment modalities attempted in recent years also achieve positive outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to review and summarize recent advances in the treatment of the disease.Keywords: Riehl’s melanosis, pigmented contact dermatitis, therapyhttps://www.dovepress.com/research-advances-in-the-treatment-of-riehls-melanosis-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-CCIDriehl's melanosispigmented contact dermatitistherapy |
| spellingShingle | Xu L Huang Q Wu T Mu Y Research Advances in the Treatment of Riehl’s Melanosis Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology riehl's melanosis pigmented contact dermatitis therapy |
| title | Research Advances in the Treatment of Riehl’s Melanosis |
| title_full | Research Advances in the Treatment of Riehl’s Melanosis |
| title_fullStr | Research Advances in the Treatment of Riehl’s Melanosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Research Advances in the Treatment of Riehl’s Melanosis |
| title_short | Research Advances in the Treatment of Riehl’s Melanosis |
| title_sort | research advances in the treatment of riehl rsquo s melanosis |
| topic | riehl's melanosis pigmented contact dermatitis therapy |
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