WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Dr. Sarita Dhole and *Dr. Sonal D. Wankhede

ABSTRACT

In present trending era of twenty first century, each and every individual desires to have healthy and beautiful skin. Hyperpigmentation or melasma is one of the such raised problem in our country as it has significant impact on beauty and appearance. It is more prevalent in women, in an estimated 9:1 ratio compared to men. In addition, there are high expenditures related to medical treatments and procedures whose results do not always meet the expectations of patients. Hence, it is need of an hour to provide safe and cost effective treatment for the skin disease like melasma Materials & Methods: A 38 year old female, known case of melasma since last 6 months attended OPD of rognidaan dept. of Shri K R Pandav College and Hospital, Nagpur. After assessment of the nidan and samprapti, the case was planned for external panchkarma theraupies including nasya and vaman along with internal shaman aushadhis. Allopathic medication which she had been taking for the same problem was reduced in tapering dose and after 1 week she was completely shifted on Ayurvedic management. During the total study period 2 months (60 days) the patient was assessed for five times(including day 0 and day 60). Subjective and Objective parameters of the study were observed and assessed with the criteria as per the modern cosmetology on the basis of significant change in MASI(Melasma area and severityindex)score and quality of life (melas Qol) Observation & Results: Observation was done before treatment after treatment and during follow up The changes computed in MASI score in which degree of pigmentation decline from 10 to 6, quality of life improve 60 to 48. Conclusion: The computed data from the present study shows that Vamana Karma along with Ayurvedic oral Ayurveda medication is effective in the treatment of melasma (Vyanga).