Racial and ethnic differences in melasma treatment patterns: a multi-institution study

Arch Dermatol Res. 2024 May 17;316(5):175. doi: 10.1007/s00403-024-02974-6.

Authors

Ethiopia D Getachew¹, Kanika Kamal¹, Katherine Young¹, David H Xiang¹, Yevgeniy Semenov², Arash Mostaghimi^#³, Nicholas Theodosakis^#⁴

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit StBH616, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
³ Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit StBH616, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. ntheodosakis@mgh.harvard.edu.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 38758256
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-024-02974-6

No abstract available

Keywords: Hydroquinone; Melasma; Pregnancy; Retinoid; Skin of color; Tranexamic acid.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Ethnicity / statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Male
Melanosis* / ethnology
Melanosis* / therapy
Racial Groups / statistics & numerical data
White People / statistics & numerical data