Objectives: Legs Cutaneous pigmentation often causes cosmetic problems for the patients.
A short overview, After a short overview of the possible pigmentary lesions on the legs, we discuss the management and pathogenesis of stasis dermatitis or ochre dermatitis.
Stasis dermatitis occurs secondary to venous hypertension of the lower extremities.
Hemosiderin and/or melanin have been considered responsible for the brown pigmentation
Introduction: Melanin is the major determinant of the normal skin color. Other contributing chromophores are oxyhemoglobin (red), deoxygenated hemoglobin (blue), and carotene (yellow-orange). The mechanism of the ochre dermatitis suggested that iron (hemosiderin), various cytokines or growth factors derived from vascular inflammation might have an unproven effect on possible pluripotent stem cells which are involved in the development of dermal melanocytes inducing the pigmentation.
Materials / method: So what is it possible to propose to reduce the pigmentation?
It is possible to propose laser, IPL or peels. For laser for dermatologic disease most of them are efficient but the burn risk is high except with the Q-switched laser.
For peel, the difficulty is to obtain an homogenen penetration of active ingredients. We propose specific peels under occlusion during few hours to induce the skin epidermolysis for whitening the skin in case of ochre dermatitis.
Results: From some clinical cases we propose to illustrate this and to define therapeutic conduct.
Conclusion: Most of the time, pigmentary lesions are often the focus of attention on the face, hands or décolletage. The management of pigment disorders is complicated in the legs and even more so for ochre dermatitis.
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