Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation

• abstract: Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation (also known as "Postinflammatory hypermelanosis") can result from any natural or iatrogenic inflammatory condition, resulting from two mechanism: (1) increased epidermal pigmentation via increased melanocyte activity or (2) dermal melanosis from melanocyte damage and melanin drop out from the epidermis into the dermis.James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005).

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