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French maritime pine bark extract (pycnogenol) in association with triple combination cream for the treatment of facial melasma in women: a double‐blind, randomized, placebo‐controlled trial

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
Q1
Aug 2020
Citations: 32
Influential: 1
Interventional (Human) Studies
96

What this study found

Melasma can be recalcitrant to treatment, and relapses are common. Pycnogenol has been reported to be effective in treating melasma.

A separate results summary is not available, so this answer uses the paper abstract.

Study & population
Interventional (Human) Studies

Original abstract

Melasma can be recalcitrant to treatment, and relapses are common. Pycnogenol has been reported to be effective in treating melasma.