Effectiveness of Homemade Turmeric Mask in Reducing Chloasma Faciei Among Women at Selected Villages, Kolar, Karnataka, India

Abstract Background: Chloasma faciei is a patchy macular hyperpigmentation of the face that usually affects women of reproductive age, most often after childbirth. Melanoma cells produce more melanin in response to several aggravating factors. A study was conducted to discover the effectiveness of the homemade turmeric mask for chloasma faciei. Materials and Methods: A pretest, posttest, control group, and design study was conducted on 100 women (50 experimental group and 50 control group) who fulfilled the inclusion criteria at selected villages. The data were gathered from women who had cholasma faciei using a standardized Melasma Area and Severity Index (MASI) scale and digital photography using a one-to-one technique. Followed by, the application of a homemade facial turmeric mask for the experimental group, which was prepared instantly and administered for 10 min, Every alternate day the treatment was given for 2 months. After 60 days, using the MASI scale and digital photography the score was calculated in both the experimental and control groups. Data were calculated and analyzed. Results: The major findings revealed that in the experimental group, the post-intervention value showed that the area of involvement was 0.0023 less than the pre-intervention score of 0.0052. Darkness was 0.0015, which was lesser than the pre-intervention score of 0.0037, in homogeneity the pre-intervention score of 0.0083 was greater than a post-intervention score of 0.0014. In the control group, there was no change in the pre- and post-intervention scores. Conclusion: This study concludes that homemade turmeric masks were effective in reducing chloasma faciei.