Evaluation of a depigmenting or pro pigmenting effect
I-8. Evaluation method
Skin phototype III-IV maintained in survival for an evaluation of changes in depigmentation or conversely skin phototype II for the evaluation of propigmentation
Histologcial evaluation of the number of melanic pigments in the melanocytes and the adjacent keratinocytes (coloration by Fontana-Masson)
Evaluation of the melanin content after coloration with Fontana-Masson
Configuration of pigmentation scores
Evaluation of melanogenesis (DOPA reaction) by quantification of melanocyte count