Imaski yokukhulelwa ibonakala ngokumnyama, amachashaza ansundu angajwayelekile avela ebusweni, ikakhulukazi ebunzini, ekhaleni, ezihlathini naphezu kodebe. Imaski yokukhulelwa ngokuvamile ibonakala kusukela enyangeni yesi-4 yokukhulelwa, ngesikhathi libalele, kodwa ayisebenzi kubo bonke abesifazane abakhulelwe. E-France, u-5% wabesifazane abakhulelwe uzothintwa imaski yokukhulelwa⁽¹⁾, kodwa ukwanda kuyehluka kakhulu phakathi kwezifunda namazwe.

Imaski yokukhulelwa ibangelwa ukukhiqizwa ngokweqile kwe-melanin (i-pigment ebhekele umbala wesikhumba) ngama-melanocyte (amaseli akhiqiza i-melanin) esimweni sokungasebenzi kahle. Ukuhlaziywa kwe-histological yamabala e-pigment kukhombisa ukwanda kwenani lama-melanocyte kanye nokuthambekela kwawo okuqinile ukukhiqiza i-melanin.⁽²⁾. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ucwaningo lwamuva luye lwabonisa ukuthi uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhumba esinempilo, izilonda ze-melasma zikhona ngaphezu kwe-hyperpigmentation ukwanda kwe-vascularization ne-elastosis.⁽³⁾.

Asazi kahle-hle indlela okwaqala ngayo lezi zinguquko, kodwa kutholakala ukuthi kwenzeka endaweni ekahle yofuzo (i-phototype, umlando womndeni). Ibangelwa ilanga, ukuhlukahluka kwamahomoni ocansi - kulokhu ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa i-estrogen ne-progesterone - futhi ngokuvamile ithinta izinhlobo zesikhumba ezimnyama.^{(ishumi nanye)}.

Ukuze uvimbele imaski yokukhulelwa, kubalulekile ukuzivikela elangeni ngokugwema noma yikuphi ukuchayeka, ngokugqoka isigqoko kanye / noma ngokusebenzisa isivikelo esiphezulu selanga (IP 50+, ngokukhetha izihlungi zamaminerali).

Ku-homeopathy, kungenzeka ukuthatha njengesilinganiso sokuvimbela i-Sepia Officinalis 5 CH ngenani lama-granules angu-5 ngosuku phakathi nokukhulelwa.⁽⁶⁾.

Ku-aromatherapy, engeza ithonsi elingu-1 lamafutha abalulekile kalamula (organic) kukhilimu wawo wasebusuku⁽⁷⁾. Isexwayiso: uwoyela obalulekile welamula ekubeni i-photosensitizing, kufanele ugwenywe phakathi nosuku.

Imaski yokukhulelwa ngokuvamile ihlehla ezinyangeni ezilandela ukukhulelwa, kodwa ngezinye izikhathi iphikelela. Ukuphatha kwayo bese kuba nzima. Ihlanganisa izindlela zokwelapha ezisusa umbala obala (i-hydroquinone okuyi-molecule eyireferensi) namapeel amakhemikhali, futhi mhlawumbe njengomugqa wesibili, i-laser.⁽⁸⁾.

Ezinsukwini zakudala, kwakuyisiko ukusho ukuthi umama ozobe egqoke imaski yokukhulelwa wayelindele umfana, kodwa akukho zifundo zesayensi eziqinisekisile le nkolelo.