How to manage a patient with skin dyschromia: the right recommendations

The beauty of the skin depends, first of all,  from several important factors: its healthy appearance, the absence of any pronounced defects, as well as the color of the skin. Speaking of color, we do not mean the genetic color of the skin, but rather its even and beautiful shade. One of the dermatological problems that estheticians often face in their practice is skin dyschromia or discoloration of the skin. Patients turn to specialists with complaints of the appearance of lesions on the skin of a darker or lighter color, as a result of which the skin seems to be "full of". The most effective method of dealing with pigmentation disorders are whitening procedures. But their appointment should be treated with extreme caution. Read on estet-portal.com,

Skin dyschromia: why the problem occurs and how to deal with it

The color of human skin depends on the content of melanin pigment in the skin. The black color of the skin is due to eumelanin, and pheomelanin gives skin shades from light yellow to red-brown.

Dyschromia  skin or pigmentation disorder is now becoming an increasingly common problem with which patients come to aesthetic medicine clinics.

There are a large number of reasons for skin discoloration: from sun exposure and the body's reaction to certain drugs and cosmetics and procedures, and ending with various diseases of the body. In any case, it is necessary to fight skin dyschromia, and everyone  the specialist must understand how to properly manage a patient with this pathology.

Skin dyschromia:

correct diagnostics – the key to successful treatment of skin dyschromia;
Peculiarities of treatment of patients with skin dyschromia.

Correct diagnostics – key to successful treatment of skin dyschromia

Correct and timely diagnostics – this is a key moment in the treatment of any pathology, including skin dyschromia. When approaching a patient with a similar problem, the specialist should ask him some important questions:

Have you had whitening therapy before?
if so, how long did it last?
What technique did your doctor use?
What results have you achieved with this treatment?

Next, you need to conduct your own examination. It is important to find out how long ago changes in skin color appeared, where the changed areas are localized, what shape, color and size they have, whether the patient associates their appearance with medication, insolation, and so on. It is also extremely important to clarify the presence of other diseases of the body, since skin dyschromia can be a symptom of some of them. An important role is played by the examination of the patient with a Wood's lamp. It is this method that makes it possible to determine the depth of pigment deposition and, in accordance with this, to develop a treatment regimen.

Peculiarities of treatment of patients with skin dyschromia

When compiling a treatment program for a patient, a cosmetologist must take into account all the individual characteristics of his skin, as well as the wishes of the patient, such as the planned time for obtaining the result, its severity, and so on. The choice of whitening method depends on many important factors. There are two main methods: soft phased whitening and fast aggressive. The age of the patient plays an important role: with age, the regenerative abilities of the body decrease, so aggressive whitening is contraindicated for older patients. At the same time, patients in childhood, adolescence and youth are not recommended to use methods of treating skin dyschromia, which have a system-wide effect. In addition, the larger the area to be treated by the beautician, the more gentle whitening method he should choose.

The impact on the skin with dyschromia must be safe, complex, as gentle and justified as possible.

If the specialist still has to use aggressive influence, it is important to preliminarily assess the risk of side effects and complications, and minimize it.