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Postinflammatory Hyperpigmentation

Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation is temporary darkening of the skin that follows an injury or inflammatory condition such as dermatitis or an infection. It is mostly seen in darker skin types.

Eukroma Cream

Hydroquinone

20g

Hydroquinone cream for melasma and chloasma. It slows melanin production, the pigment behind dark patches.

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Key points

  • The dark patches form because melanin production increases in response to inflammation or injury, and the pigment settles in the skin.
  • A more severe injury instead causes hypopigmentation, a loss of colour that is usually permanent.

Medicines listed for Postinflammatory Hyperpigmentation

The listed product, Eukroma Cream, contains Hydroquinone in a 20g tube. Hydroquinone is a topical depigmenting agent that slows melanin production, the pigment behind the dark patches seen in postinflammatory hyperpigmentation.

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