Microneedling with glutathione versus microneedling alone in treatment of facial melasma: Split‐face comparative study

Melasma is a distressing disfiguring acquired pigmentary disorder especially affecting females and it is of high tendency of recurrence. Up till now, treatment of melasma is a challenging problem.

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