Dimitris Rigopoulos, MD, PhD

Professor of Dermatology-Venereology

Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Alexander Katoulis, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Dermatology-Venereology

Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Contents

Chapter 1: Color of skin
Chapter 2: The melanocyte and melaninogenesis
Chapter 3: Melanin
Chapter 4: Pathophysiology of hyperpigmentation
Chapter 5: Melasma
Chapter 6: Erythema dyschromicum perstans
Chapter 7: Lichen planus pigmentosus
Chapter 8: Primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis
Chapter 9: Mastocytosis
Chapter 10: Pityriasis versicolor
Chapter 11: Atrophoderma of Pasini Pierini
Chapter 12: Poikiloderma of Civatte
Chapter 13: Pigmented nonmelanocytic skin lesions
Chapter 14: Drug-induced hyperpigmention
Chapter 15: Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation
Chapter 16: Linear hyperpigmentation
Chapter 17: Flagellate hyperpigmentation
Chapter 18: Reticular hyperpigmentation
Chapter 19: Genodermatoses
Chapter 20: Clinical examination
Chapter 21: Wood’s lamp
Chapter 22: Dermoscopy
Chapter 23: Histopathology
Chapter 24: Reflectance confocal microscopy
Chapter 25: Spectrophotometry
Chapter 26: Diagnostic algorithms
Chapter 27: Differential diagnoses of circumscribed and diffuse hyperpigmentation
Chapter 28: Cosmetic camouflage for pigmentation issues
Chapter 29: Sunscreens
Chapter 30: Medical therapy
Chapter 31: Chemical peels
Chapter 32: Cryotherapy
Chapter 33: Electrosurgery
Chapter 34: Lasers
Chapter 35: Intense pulsed light