Melasma is a most common skin worry among men and women especially in people of Asian or African origin and it is a type of hyperpigmentation that causes small brown-black patches on the face. Dark ...

Melasma is more apparent in women, compared with men, and often occurs “in older age and almost never happens in the childhood or young age, except for post-inflammatory pigmentation,” says Dr Meder.

AMSTERDAM — A new serum containing 2-mercaptonicotinoyl glycine (Melasyl) as its main ingredient was at least as good as, if not better than, cysteamine 5% cream in treating facial melasma in a ...