Dark patches on the face may be melasma

You may have heard melasma referred to as "the mask of pregnancy," because it is sometimes triggered by an increase in hormones in pregnant women. But while the condition may be common among pregnant women, you don't have to be pregnant to experience melasma. "It's not only associated with pregnancy, but can affect women at all stages of life," says Dr. Shadi Kourosh, director of the Pigmentary Disorder and Multi-Ethnic Skin Clinic at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital. And it may last for many years. "Women who develop melasma in their teens or 20s or 30s may see it stay around for decades," says Dr. Barbara Gilchrest, senior lecturer on dermatology at Harvard Medical School. Melasma can be hard to treat While melasma isn't painful ...

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