What Exactly is Melasma?

Melasma Does Not Hurt

With any skin condition, medical issue, or illness, patients wonder if anypain will accompany their physical symptoms. There is no evidence melasma is painful, harmful, or dangerous to anyone with this condition. Because melasma does not make changes to the skin other than discoloration, it does not itch and does not require pain medication. Those who develop melasma are only inconvenienced by the way it looks - rather than the way it feels - or the consequences of noticing darker colored patches on their face, neck, arms, and hands.