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2. Skin whitening - Wikipedia

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   Skin whitening, also known as skin lightening and skin bleaching, is the practice of using chemical substances in an attempt to lighten the skin or provide an even skin color by reducing the melanin concentration in the skin. Several chemicals have been shown to be effective in skin whitening, while some have proven to be toxic or have ...

3. Depigmentation - Wikipedia

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   Depigmentation is the lightening of the skin or loss of pigment. Depigmentation of the skin can be caused by a number of local and systemic conditions. The pigment loss can be partial (injury to the skin) or complete (caused by vitiligo).

4. Gum depigmentation - Wikipedia

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   If the melanin pigmentation is found in a person smoking cigarettes, the most effective way to get rid of the pigmentation is to stop smoking. Most of the patients are free from the melanin pigmentation after 3 months. [3] A dental laser can target and ablate the melanocytes, thus reducing the production of melanin in the gingival tissue.

5. Melanin - Wikipedia

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   Melanin (/ ˈ m ɛ l ə n ɪ n / ⓘ ... Dark skin is a complicating factor in the laser removal of port-wine stains. Effective in treating white skin, in general ...

6. Pigmentation disorder - Wikipedia

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   Melanosomes, which are organelles containing melanin, must be transported and increased during hyperpigmentation and tanning, while they shrink during hypopigmentation. [4] Skin pigmentation is frequently caused by sun exposure. To protect itself against UV radiation from the sun, the body makes more melanin. As a result, the skin may become ...

7. Hyperpigmentation - Wikipedia

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   Hyperpigmentation can be diffuse or focal, affecting such areas as the face and the back of the hands. Melanin is produced by melanocytes at the lower layer of the epidermis. Melanin is a class of pigment responsible for producing color in the body in places such as the eyes, skin, and hair.

8. Smoker's melanosis - Wikipedia

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   Smoker melanosis in a patient consuming 2 packs of cigarette per day. Smoking or the use of nicotine-containing drugs is the cause to Smoker's melanosis. [10] [11] Tar-components (benzopyrenes) are also known to stimulate melanocytes to melanin production, and other unknown toxic agents in tobacco may also be the cause.

9. Drug-induced pigmentation - Wikipedia

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   Accumulation of melanin, the skin pigment; Accumulation of drug or one of its products under any layer of the skin (usually the dermis or epidermis) Accumulation of iron throughout the dermis from drug-induced post-inflammatory changes; The synthesis of special pigments, under direct influence of the drug