Melasma

Do you have dark brown patches on your face? Do they drive you crazy and find yourself scrubbing your face harder and harder, but to no avail? If so, then you could have a skin condition called melasma.

Melasma is a skin disorder or a skin pigmentation condition that causes dark brown patches on your face. And while you can't scrub these patches off, you can have a laser treatment to correct the problem. The Fraxel laser treatment can get rid of those brow patches for you.



Melasma patches are most noticeable on the face, but can be seen on the upper lips, forehead and even your arms.

Causes of Melasma

The most common cause of Melasma is pregnancy, but oral contraceptives, heredity, endocrine dysfunction, medications and other reasons can contribute to this skin discoloration.

Treatments for Melasma

Before now, there has been little success with treating Melasma, and in most women the patches disappear after delivery. But for those women who are stuck with the discoloration they have struggled with correcting the problem.

Struggled that is until now, until Fraxel Laser Treatments, which have had a huge success in treating melasma.

Fraxel Laser Treatment

The Fraxel Laser penetrates deep into the dermis, providing you with an intense treatment, while leave the surrounding tissue unaffected. The Fraxel laser treatment options allows your skin to heal quickly, and it also utilizes the body's own healing mechanism to create new, healthy tissue to replace skin imperfections.

For more information about Fraxel Laser Treatments for melasma you should contact a cosmetic surgeon in your area. Whether its treatment for melasma or another cosmetic procedure, a doctor in your area can help you decide what treatment options are best for you.

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