Effect of Root Heal Therapy (RHT) on Melasma: A Quincy Experiment

Melasma is a very common skin disorders which has no fix treatment schedule and is very difficult to treat. This present study was planned to compare the effect of traditional treatment alone and in combination with Root Heal Therapy on Melasma cases. A Quincy experiment was conducted on 60 patients of Melasma, who were taking treatment from a same physician working in Charak Bhawan, a hospital attached to SMS Medical College, Jaipur (Rajasthan). Out of these 67 melasma cases were completed the protocall, out of that 35 were in group who has received traditional treatment, 32 were in group who has received RHT along with traditional treatment. Baseline status of Melasma with its Severity its impact on quality of life was assessed. Severity of Melasma was assessed through MASI scores and quality of life was assessed by Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) scores. These cases were followed for 6 months; again they were assessed as per MASI. Changes in over this period Melasma severity in both the groups were compared with Chi-square test and Unpaired’t’ test. It was found that significantly more cases were benefited with this RHT in the form of number of severity of Melasma and quality of life was also significantly improved with RHT. Further researches are required for further details.