Skincare

Melalong is a combination medicated cream containing the active ingredients hydroquinone, a skin bleaching agent and tretinoin, a man made form of vitamin A used to treat sun damaged skin. The medicated cream is a skin lightening agent and can be used in the gradual bleaching of hyperpigmented skin due to freckles and senile lentigines. It can be used by people wishing for fairer skin and also in the treatment of chloasma, a condition that causes dark patches on the face, especially the cheeks.

Melanorm Cream containing the active ingredient hydroquinone is a skin bleaching agent used to lighten dark patches of skin. It works by decreasing the formation of melanin, the pigment in skin that gives it a brown color. The medication is used to lighten areas of darkened skin such as age spots, freckles, melasma, chloasma and hyperpigmentation.

Melgain Lotion containing the active ingredient decapeptide is derived from Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and is used for the re-pigmentation of the skin. The lotion is used for the treatment of vitiligo, a condition where white patches develop on the skin due to the loss of the normal skin pigment, melanin. Clinical studies have shown the medication leads to re-pigmentation in 80% to 90% of patients and patients generally response faster to the medication when used in combination with other medical treatment options.

Neotigason containing the active ingredients acitretin is known as a retinoid, a class of medication similar to vitamin A. It works by inhibiting excessive cell growth and a thickening of skin cells due to the deposition of a protein within them. The medication can be used alone or with other treatments to treat conditions caused by severe psoriasis such as red, scaly or thickened skin.