Bakson's Baksoint-9 Cream (25 gm)

Skin reflects the state of health. Skin is often affected by disorders causing unsightly blemishes, discolouration, patches, eruptions etc. The colour of skin is determined by melanin, a pigment produced by melanocytes. A loss/decrease in melanin results in a lighter coloured skin which may be patchy or diffuse. Such conditions can cause significant stress due to their cosmetic effects. Treatment is difficult and involves supportive care and cosmetic help as it can cause significant embarrassment leading to depression and mood disorders.

Depigmentation or hypopigmentation of skin may be caused by disorders such as following:

Vitiligo is a skin condition in which there is a loss of brown color (pigment) from areas of skin, resulting in irregular white patches that feel like normal skin. Although patches are initially small, they often enlarge and change shape. Cause is unknown, but the condition may be autoimmune. Vitiligo may appear at any age and its course varies.

Leucoderma is an acquired skin condition with localized loss of pigmentation (brown colour) of the skin resulting in white patches that may occur after any number of inflammatory skin conditions, burns, post dermabrasion etc.

• Burns: Most superficial second degree burns heal in 10 to 21 days, but leave a change in skin color and pigmentation. A deep second degree burn can be ivory or pearly white in color.
• Eczema: Postinflammatory hypopigmentation may follow healing of Dermatitis. In addition adverse effects of long term topical steroids may result in thinning of the skin (atrophy), a change in the color of some skin (depigmentation) and Acne-like eruptions.
• Psoriasis: After the Psoriasis has cleared up by itself or with treatment, it may leave dark or pale marks (post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation and hypopigmentation). It does not cause true scarring.

Traditional treatments range from topical creams or ointments to oral medications (which must be monitored for systemic side-effects) to ultraviolet phototherapy. Latter is extremely time-consuming and has other associated risks. Bakson's BAKSOINT 9 is an effective formulation enriched with homoeopathic medicines which are well known and proven for their effects in treating hypopigmentation without any side effects. These homoeopathic medicines can reactivate the skin's ability to produce normal pigmentation by stimulating the melanocytes to produce more melanin.

Arsenicum sulphuratum flavum: Leucoderma is supposed to be favorably influenced by this remedy. Eruption on outer side of left wrist, also on inner side. Skin itching,dry, cracked.

Psoralea corylifolia: This drug is commonly used in the form of Mother Tincture & is reported to be used in Leucoderma and other skin diseases (Excerpt from Standardisation of Homoeopathic Drugs” by CCRH). The seeds of this plant contain a variety of coumarins including psoralen, which is valuable for enabling the skin to create new pigments when out in the open to sunlight and hence is effectively used to cure diseases such as Vitiligo and Psoriasis (a skin ailment that is marked by red scaly patches).

Apply externally twice daily to properly cleaned & dried affected portion.