Do you have dark patches on your face?

Do you find them embarrassing?

Do you think there is no way to fade them?

Well, you probably have melasma, and you are definitely not alone.

Millions of women suffer from this skin condition.  They feel embarrassed, unattractive, and old.  Many use cosmetics to cover their dark, brown spots and do not know that there is prescription medicine that can fade their melasma.

If you have brown or gray-brown patches on your face, especially on your cheeks, upper lip, nose, forehead, or chin, you may have melasma.  This discoloration frequently occurs on both sides of the face.  Experts believe the discoloration is caused by normal changes in hormones that occur when a woman begins taking birth control pills or hormone replacement therapy or during the second or third trimester of her pregnancy.  Because of the way it looks and when it usually occurs, melasma is sometimes called "mask of pregnancy".  It is a natural darkening of the skin caused by excessive production of melanin, the pigment that causes your skin to tan.  That's why the sun, which increases melanin production, usually makes melasma worse.  Melasma only occurs on the areas of skin that are exposed to the sun.  It can be mild, moderate, or severe.  In fact, about 6 million women are estimated to have melasma.  Anyone can have it, though it seems to be more common in people with light brown skin, especially Hispanics and Asians.

Fortunately, you don't have to live with melasma.  There are different prescription and over-the-counter products that can be used alone or in combination to treat melasma.  And there is a triple-combination product that your doctor can prescribe to lighten your moderate-to-severe melasma quickly.

Tri-Luma^® Cream is a unique medicine because it combines three effective ingredients into one formula - giving you a single, once-a-day product to put on your face at bedtime. 

Click here to visit Galderma's Tri-Luma^® website.

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