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Ferreira JA. The role of diazepam in skin hyperpigmentation. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 1980;4(1):343-8doi: 10.1007/BF01575237.
Ferreira, J. A. (1980). The role of diazepam in skin hyperpigmentation. Aesthetic plastic surgery, 4(1), 343-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01575237
Ferreira, J A. "The role of diazepam in skin hyperpigmentation." Aesthetic plastic surgery vol. 4,1 (1980): 343-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01575237
Ferreira JA. The role of diazepam in skin hyperpigmentation. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 1980 Dec;4(1):343-8. doi: 10.1007/BF01575237. PMID: 24174099.
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Aesthetic Plast Surg. 1980 Dec;4(1):343-8. doi: 10.1007/BF01575237.

The role of diazepam in skin hyperpigmentation.

Aesthetic plastic surgery

J A Ferreira

Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Mission Community Hospital, 27852 Puerta Real Highway, Suite 112, 92691, Mission Viejo, California, USA.

PMID: 24174099 DOI: 10.1007/BF01575237

Abstract

Dermabrasion of the face for multiple conditions requiring reconstructive surgery continues to be a valuable procedure. An important complication of the procedure, however, in the form of hyperpigmentation, led to a search for the cause. When normal anatomic studies failed to indicate a valid reason for this complication in a female patient, further search revealed a biochemical reason-diazepam (Valium). Treatment with a bleaching agent, hydroquinone ointment, reversed the hyperpigmentation and led to a permanent satisfactory result.

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