title: Chemical and pharmacologic agents that cause hyperpigmentation or hypopigmentation of the skin.
abstract: The list of chemicals and drugs that can result in alteration of skin color is slowly growing. Inflammatory processes can lead to either post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation or hypopigmentation. In non-inflammatory situations, chemical deposition can result in hyperpigmentation, whereas chemically induced destruction of melanocytes or their products may result in hypopigmentation.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Lerner
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Sober
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012880:Skin Pigmentation / Q000187:drug effects*