Hyperpigmentation

Content: CONTENTSI Histology, Physiology, and Pathophysiology of Skin Pigmentation1 The color of the skin Rashmi Sarkar 2 The melanocyte and melanogenesis Dimitrios Xekardakis, Sabine Krueger-Krasagakis, and Konstantinos Krasagakis3 Melanin M. Badawy Abdel-Naser, Sabine Krueger-Krasagakis, andKonstantinos Krasagakis 4 Pathophysiology of hyperpigmentation Shalini B. Reddy and Neelam Vashi II Disorders of Hyperpigmentation5 Melasma Clio Dessinioti and Andreas Katsambas 6 Erythema dyschromicum perstans Vassiliki Tzanetakou and Electra Nicolaidou7 Lichen planus pigmentosus Ffstratios Vakirlis and Dimitrios Ioannides 8 Primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis Elena Sotiriou 9 Mastocytosis Michael P Makris 10 Pityriasis versicolor Rashmi Sarkar and Vanya Narayan11 Atrophoderma of Pasini-Pierini Elizabeth Lazaridou 12 Poikilderma of CivetteAlexander C Katoulis and Nikolaos G. Stavrianeas 13 Pigmented non melanocytic skin lesions Elvira Moscarella, Simonetta Piana, Caterina Longo, and Giuseppe Argenziano 14 Drug-induced hyperpigmentation Raimonds Karls15 Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation Torello Lotti, Tommaso Tanini, Maja Kovacevic, and Serena Gianfaldoni 16 Linear hyperpigmentation Chee Leok Goh 17 Flagellate hyperpigmentation Clarissa Prieto Herman Reinehr, Juliano Peruzzo, and Tania Cestari 18 Reticular hyperpigmentation Alexander C Katsoulis and Efthymia Sourra19 Genodermatoses Aikaterini Patsatsi III Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis20 Clinical examination Clarissa Prieto Herman Reinehr, Juliano Peruzzo, and Tania Cestari 21 Wood's Lamp Juliano Peruzzo, Clarissa Prieto Herman Reinehr, and Tania Cestari22 Dermoscopy Teresa Deinlein and Iris Zalaudek 23 Histopathology Almut Boer-Auer24 Reflectance confocal microscopy Caterina Longo, Maurizio Greco, Silvana Ciardo, and Giovanni Pellacani 25 Spectrophotometry Riccardo Pampena26 Diagnostic algorithms Stamatis Gregoriou 27 Differential diagnosis of circumscribed and diffuse hyperpigmentation Maria Kyriazopoulou and Efstathios Rallis IV Treatment28 Cosmetic camouflage for pigmentation issues Zoe Diana Draelos 29 Sunscreens Pauline Lecerf 30 Medical therapy Dimitrios Rigopoulos, Alexander C Katoulis, Efthymia Sourra, and Antigone Alevizou31 Chemical peels Myrto Trakatelli, Kostantinos Kalokasidis, and Paola Pasquali32 Cryotherapy Paola Pasquali and Myrto Trakatelli33 Electrosurgery Maria Tsoukas and Jeremiah Au34 Lasers Maria Tsoukas, Monica Boen, Caroline Doo, and Benjamin C Garden 35 Intense Pulsed LightOwen Kramer, Benjamin C Garden, and Maria TsoukasIndex