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Melasma in Men: A Hormonal Profile
Author(s) -
Sialy Ravinder,
Hassan Iffat,
Kaur Inderjeet,
Dash R.J.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2000.tb02122.x
Subject(s) - melasma , testosterone (patch) , medicine , hormone , dermatology , endocrinology
Melasma in men is much less common than in women. In the present communication, we evaluated circulating levels of LH, FSH, and testosterone in 15 men with idiopathic melasma. When compared with eleven age matched control men, the circulating LH was significantly higher and testosterone was markedly low in the melasmic men. We conclude that male melasma involves subtle testicular resistance.