Abstract
Camouflage therapy has been used for permanent contour and pigmentary defects including telangiectasias, vitiligo, lentigines, nevi, atrophic scars and burn scars. The goal of the therapy is to provide new and innovative ways to normalize the appearance of patients with abnormalities. A variety of cosmetic techniques are used to assist these patients in making their irregularities as inconspicuous as possible. Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation is a frustrating problem afflicting many dermatology patients, particularly on the face. Here we report a case of successful cosmetic camouflage using the theory of complementary colors of light in a patient with post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation of the face caused by fixed drug eruption. Our case report supports the idea that camouflage for patients with post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation on the face caused by fixed drug eruption improves their quality of life and also supports the idea that camouflage should be part of the after care for patients who have received patch testing.
Highlights
Makeup was introduced as a medical aid only after the Second World War in order to assist the rehabilitation of severely burned pilots [1]
We report a case of successful cosmetic camouflage using the theory of complementary colors of light in a patient with post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation of the face caused by fixed drug eruption
Topical challenge by an occluded patch test with the analgesic (50% pet, Nehazetor®, Sanyu, Japan) on the eruptive area resulted in positive reactions, while patch testing on the non-eruptive area revealed negative results
Summary
Makeup was introduced as a medical aid only after the Second World War in order to assist the rehabilitation of severely burned pilots [1]. Nowadays camouflage therapy is used for permanent contour and pigmentary defects including telangiectasias, vitiligo, lentigines, nevi, atrophic scars and burn scars [1]. Many techniques of camouflage therapy have been investigated. The technique of camouflaging a large area of vitiligo is to blur a border between the vitiligo and the adjacent normal skin aiming to decrease the contrast [2]. Qualified camouflage therapists are medically trained skin care professionals, with both clinical knowledge and therapeutic skill. By using the cosmetic techniques, skin blemishes can be reduced or even completely disguised. We report a case of successful cosmetic camouflage using the theory of complementary colors of light in a patient with post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation of the face caused by fixed drug eruption
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