Topical retinoids for pigmented skin.

Aanand N Geria, Christina N Lawson, Rebat M Halder

Department of Dermatology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC 20060, USA.

Journal of drugs in dermatology : JDD 2011 May

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Topical retinoids are an important class of drugs for treating several dermatoses occurring more frequently in patients with pigmented skin, such as melasma, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, pseudofolliculits barbae and keloids. They also play a role in managing acne, psoriasis, photoaging, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, Kaposi sarcoma and disorder of hyperkeratosis in this demographic as well. In general, topical retinoids are well tolerated in pigmented skins. There is little evidence to suggest that patients with darker skin are at increased risk of irritation. However, retinoid dermatitis can induce post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation and attempts should be made to reduce its occurrence by modifying treatment regimens in patients with pigmented skins.

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Aanand N Geria, Christina N Lawson, Rebat M Halder. Topical retinoids for pigmented skin. Journal of drugs in dermatology : JDD. 2011 May;10(5):483-9