Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation
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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.
Melanocyte
-External links: - "Eye: fovea, RPE" - "Integument: pigmented skin"...
activity or (2) dermal melanosis
Melanosis
Melanosis is a form of hyperpigmentation associated with increased melanin.It can can refer to:* Melanism* Ocular melanosis* Smoker's melanosis* Oral melanosis...
from melanocyte damage and melanin
Melanin
Melanin is a pigment that is ubiquitous in nature, being found in most organisms . In animals melanin pigments are derivatives of the amino acid tyrosine. The most common form of biological melanin is eumelanin, a brown-black polymer of dihydroxyindole carboxylic acids, and their reduced forms...
drop out from the epidermis into the dermis.