Chemical and pharmacologic agents that cause hyperpigmentation or hypopigmentation of the skin.
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.
Lerner
E A
EA
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sober
A J
AJ
D006801:Humans; D012880:Skin Pigmentation / Q000187:drug effects*