Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Postinflammatory hyper pigmentation, also known as post inflammatory hypermelanosis, can result from any natural or iatrogenic inflammatory condition, resulting from two mechanism:

1. Increased epidermal pigmentation via increased melanocyte activity
2. Dermal melanosis from melanocyte damage and melanin drop out from the epidermis into the dermis.

See also

• Postinflammatory hypopigmentation