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Treatment of Axillary Hyperpigmentation ?

  • Axillary hyperpigmentation is a common complaint among darker skin types.
  • After having excluded postinflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH), acanthosis nigricans (and pseudo-acanthosis nigricans), and done the necessary investigations there comes the time when a treatment option is asked by the patient.

 

 

  • Study from India. Effect of topical 2% kojic acid + desonide 0.05%.
  • Method:
  1. Double blind (triple blind according to the authors !)
  2. Inclusion criteria: female aged 18 to 30 with no treatment tried in the preceeding 6 weeks:
    1. Group A: n (number of patients) =38. 2% kojic acid and desonide ointment applied once nightly
    2. Group B: n=30. Liquid paraffin ointment applied once nightly
  3. Evaluation at 4, 8 and 12 weeks:
    1. clinical photographs
    2. histological examination
    3. Visual analog scale (VAS)

 

 

  • Results suggest an improvement with the formulation whereas no treatment is seen with the paraffin ointment.
  • Comment: interesting results to be confirmed in further studies.

 

 

Authors disclosed that there are no conflicts of interest and no financial support was received.

Source of information: Dabas G. Axillary hyperpigmentation – Can topical 2% kojic acid and 0.5% desonide help ? P1433. European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Annual Meeting – Istanbul, Turkey, 2-6 October 2013

Original article: here