Melasma

Posted By admin | June 22, 2018

Introduction

Melasma is a common pigmentary condition affecting the face, namely the both cheeks, forehead, upper lip and bridge of nose. Melasma also known as chloasma or mask of pregnancy when it occur in pregnant women.
It usually appears in early adulthood and it’s onset can be associated with pregnancy, sun exposure and family history. An association of excessive redness and blood vessels in the skin with the severity of the melasma. The cause is still unclear and there is no cure for this condition. It can only be treated and reduced with the following treatments.

SOLUTIONS

Dual Yellow Laser

Trinity Advance

Chemical Peel

Dual Yellow Laser

The Dual Yellow laser is one of our many treatments which uses 2 different wavelengths of light to treat red veins and skin pigmentations on the face, as well as red scars.

Melasma is a type of pigmentation on the face that has been shown to be associated with the presence of blood vessels. The yellow light selectively damages targeted blood vessels in the skin, causing them to be removed by the body’s own immune system, thus, reducing the pigmentation in melasma.

The green light targets mainly the pigment in the skin called melanin. Thus, helping to reduce the existing pigmentation.

Our best testimonials come from mothers of brides and busy women executives who needed to make their skin look beautiful for their special and important occasions.

Trinity Advance

Trinity Advance is a combination of radiofrequency(RF) treatment with customized ampoules to enhance and improve conditions such as melasma, freckles, post inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH), redness, fine wrinkles, pore size.

Trinity laser delivers RF through multi-micro electrodes. The treatment penetrates the multi-micro electrodes into the skin and creates the formation of an electro-magnetic field, which selectively reacts to abnormal blood vessels and strengthens basement membrane layer. This combination of tissue reaction treats and prevents the development of melasma on the face.

Chemical Peel

Is a chemical solution that is applied to the face to cause exfoliation of the outer layers of dead skin.

Chemical peels are categorized into superficial, medium and deep chemical peels. Dr Yim only uses a variety of superficial chemical peels as there are less complications of scarring and darkening of the skin after the peels. Some peels with salicylic acid are more suitable for oily and acne-prone skin, and is an excellent adjunct to removing ‘blackheads’ and ‘whiteheads’. Others with trichloroacetic acid is more suited for patients with with melasma and other forms of pigmentation.

	Dual Yellow	TRINITY ADVANCE	CHEMICAL PEEL
TREATMENT TIME	25 minutes	10 minutes	10 minutes
DOWNTIME	None	Slight redness on face for the first 2 hours.	Slight peeling of skin 1 week after the procedure.
PAIN	None	None. The treated areas are numbed using an anaesthetic cream.	Slight tingling sensation during the peel
REPEAT TREATMENTS	Once every 3-4 weeks.	Once every 2 weeks for the first 3 treatments	Once every 3-4 weeks.
RESULTS	Reduction of melasma as early as 1-3 months into the treatments. (Best combined with Medi-facial)	Reduction of melasma as early as 1-2 months into treatments. (Best combined with Medi-facial)	Reduction of melasma as early as 3 months into the treatments.
RECOMMENDATIONS	Highly recommended for patients with melasma and red veins on their faces and just want to even out the colour tone on the face.	Highly recommended for patients with melasma, freckles, post inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH), redness, fine wrinkles, pore size and radiance on face.)	Highly recommended for patients with melasma or other types of skin pigmentation i.e. post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation secondary acne.