The Miracle Cure for Melasma

     Melasma or in our own native language, "pekas", is a common skin condition affecting asians especially when they can't prevent having themselves exposed under the sun. Though the etiology or the cause is unknown, there is a causal relationship between female hormonal activity to the occurence of melasma.  But still the most important factor in the development of melasma is exposure to sunlight. Without the strict avoidance of sunlight, potentially successful treatments for melasma are doomed to fail.

     In clinical practice, common treatments such as chemical peels, microdermabrasion, stem cell therapy or any procedures that can gently exfoliate the surface layer of the skin can help minimize darkening but for some patients, this will take a lot of sessions and patients can spend a fortune on this while trying to wait for their dark patches to eventually subside.  This condition is so stubborn to treatments that patients might eventually give up and feel frustrated.

     When confronted by a patient with this condition, I am frank to tell  the real score about melasma, never promising guaranteed results after several treatments.  This is only until when I met people from Body_estetic Laboratories and invited me over to their symposium.  Body_estetic is an international company from Spain that innovated the breakthrough non-hydroquinone based peel for melasma.  I said "breakthrough" because this peeling is very different from the ones which dermatologists do to their patients.  This treatment comes in a kit that includes clinic use for doctors and home use for patients, themselves, which they would apply daily.  I said "different" because usually chemical peeling is done in a form of any chemicals meant to exfoliate a layer of skin cells that literally burns the skin. And also the experience of patients subjected to this conventional peeling procedures, especially for melasma are sometimes tragic because of the pain (intense burning sensation). The chemical is applied on the face not only once but thrice to even five times until a desired frosting is achieved.  But the COSMELAN peel is very different. Patients can not feel any pain during and after application and the peeling is in cream form which after a while, resembles a mask. The expected results - after a week, the "melasma" which the patient  has been keeping for a long time will eventually lighten noticeably. And on the second session during the third week, it is barely recognizable. We tried this on our patient in the clinic and we can't believe the results.  Our patient who has been in the clinic for about a year now has tried various peeling procedures every now and then in an attempt to lighten her hyperpigmentation. But honestly, we have only afforded a slight to moderate improvement on her condition.  But with the use of  COSMELAN, only a single application can really tell the difference. There is at least 70% significant lightening only after the first session.  She underwent her second session only last week and we are quite anxious to see her again in the clinic for the outcome.  Here are compilation of pictures from the company's website that brought us COSMELAN  just to show you some results.

All I can say is COSMELAN is a miracle! In fact, it is being endorsed by a lot of celebrities now including Ms. Kris Aquino, herself. And a lot of stories were written about this miracle product. Click here for the article in The Philippine Star about Cosmelan.  You can also google it yourself to learn more about this great product!

COSMELAN is available in our clinic and in any other dermatology clinics nationwide.  If interested, you can call us at 836-2346 to schedule a free consultation with our doctor.