Meirovsky phenomenon
History
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Meirowsky 1909
Definition
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Phenomenon named after the German dermatologist Emil Meirowsky that describes the immediate grey-brown pigmentation of the skin caused primarily by UVA rays, which is based on the photooxidation of non-colored melanin precursors into mature melanin and the stimulation of melanosome migration into the dendrites.
See below Instant pigmentation.
Literature
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- Findlay GH et al. (1966) The Meirowsky phenomenon. Color changes in melanin according to temperature and redox potential. Br J Dermatol 78:572-576.
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Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer