Pigmentary Disorders
A Comprehensive Compendium

Pigmentation means coloring. Skin pigmentation disorders affect the color of the skin. Skin gets its colour from a pigment called melanin. Special cells in the skin make melanin. When these cells become damaged or unhealthy, it affects melanin production. Some pigmentation disorders affect just patches of skin. Others affect the entire body (MedlinePlus).

This book is a comprehensive guide to pigmentary disorders. Beginning with an introduction to the field, the following chapters discuss the diagnosis and management of numerous different skin pigmentation disorders including vitiligo, melasma and ochronosis. Pigmentation abnormalities of hair and nails are also included.

Key points

• Comprehensive guide to pigmentary disorders of the skin
• Covers diagnosis and management of numerous different conditions
• Includes chapters on pigmentation abnormalities of hair and nails
• Highly illustrated with more than 270 clinical photographs and illustrations

1. History and Evolution of Pigmentary Disorders in Human
2. Evolution of Skin Colour in Human: An Anthropological
3. The Melanocyte
4. Biology of Pigmentation – An Update
5. Systemic Disorders with Cutaneous Pigmentary Alterations
6. Developmental, Nevoid, Genetically Determined and Neurocutaneous Pigmentary Disorders
7. Metabolic Pigmentary Disorders
8. Endocrinal Pigmentary Disorders Methods
9. Chemical, Occupational and Drug Induced Pigmentary
10. Infective and Post-Inflammatory Pigmentary Disorders Melasma
11. Neoplasms with Pigmentary Changes or Discoloration
12. Nutritional Pigmentary Disorders
13. Morphological Types of Pigmentation
14. Pigmented Variants of Skin Disorders
15. Vitiligo and the Melanocyte Reservoir
16. Clinical, Biochemical and Immunological Interface of Vitiligo
17. Measuring Disease Severity in Vitiligo
18. Epidemiology of Vitiligo Based on Recent Understanding of Pathophysiology
19. Classification of Vitiligo
20. Segmental Vitiligo
21. Vitiligo in Children
22. The Concept of Stability of Vitiligo: A Reappraisal
23. Phototherapy in Vitiligo
24. Medical Management of Vitiligo
25. Oral and Systemic Steroids in Management of Vitiligo
26. Topical Treatment of Vitiligo: New Insights and New Trends
27. Alternative Treatments for Vitiligo
28. Surgical Management of Vitiligo
29. Minigrafting in Vitiligo
30. Meshed Split Skin Graft for Extensive Vitiligo
31. Therapeutic Guidelines for Vitiligo Overview
32. Pigmentary Changes in Pregnancy
33. Quality of Life in Pigmentary Disorders
34. Epidemiology of Melasma
35. Etiopathogenesis of Melasma
36. Histopathological Evaluation of Melasma and Other Facial Hyperchromias
37. Updated Scoring Methods and Noninvasive Measurement
38. Cutaneous Biophysical Characteristics of Melasma Disorders
39. Defective Importance of Pendulous Melanocytes in Melasma
40. Classification and Clinical Features of Melasma
41. Medical Management of Melasma
42. Photoprotection for Melasma
43. Chemical Peeling for Melasma
44. Physical Therapies for Melasma
45. Cosmetics, Cosmeceuticals and Camouflage Relevant for Melasma
46. Recent Trends and Future Treatment Paradigms of Melasma
47. Exogenous Ochronosis
48. Periorbital Melanosis
49. Physical Therapies for Periorbital Hyperpigmentation -Chemical Peels and Lasers
50. Reticulate Pigmentary Disorders
51. Progressive Macular Hypomelanosis
52. Non Melasma Facial Melanosis
53. Pigmentation of Hair – 50 Shades of Grey?
54. Pigmentary Abnormalities of Nail
55. Macular Amyloidosis
56. Lichen Planus Pigmentosus

Koushik Lahiri MBBS DVD (Cal) FIAD FAAD FFAADV MRCPS (Glasgow)
Senior Consultant Dermatologist, Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals; Nightingale Hospitals; WIZDERM Specialty Skin & Hair Clinic, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Col Manas Chatterjee MD DNB
Senior Advisor, Professor and Head, Department of Dermatology, Command Hospital (Eastern Command), Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Rashmi Sarkar MD MNAMS
Professor, Department of Dermatology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India