Chemical Leukoderma to Hair Dye in a Singaporean Indian – A Rare, Adverse Cosmetic Outcome in Relation to a Ubiquitous Cosmetic Product
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Chemical Leukoderma is a rare phenomenon in our local Singapore population. The simultaneous occurrence of both hypopigmentation and hyperpigmentation in our patient, which represents development of Chemical Leukoderma (melanocytic inhibitory reaction) and postinflammatory hyperpigmentation (melanocytic stimulatory reaction) respectively, is presumptively even rarer. Plausible underlying pathophysiological mechanisms are explored.
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