Ayurvedic and Modern Management: - Lichen Pla...

Ayurvedic and Modern Management: - Lichen Planus Pigmentosus with Senile Purpura.

Author Name : Dr. Eram Faryal Choudhary, Dr. Dhanshree Hiralal Deoghare, Dr. Meenakshi Rewdkar –Kole

ABSTRACT Lichen planus has number of variants , one of which is LPP ,which is a pigmented variant of lichen planus .It has an insidious onset .Initially , small ,black brown macules appear on sun expose areas they later merge to form large hyperpigmented patches. The disease principally affects the sun exposed areas of the body such as face trunk ,upper extremities . LPP is essentially disease of the adult starting insidiously after the age of 30 , occurs in both sexes but shows a female preponderance .it has been reported to occur in people with darker skin . (1,2)