Pigmentation

Japanese: pigmentation
Pigmentation

...This is because erythema is caused by vasodilation and congestion in the upper dermis, while purpura is caused by bleeding from the blood vessel walls. Pigmentation is mainly caused by an increase in black melanin pigment, and when melanin pigment increases in the epidermis it appears brownish, and when it is in the dermis it appears blueish. The black-brown pigmentation that occurs after sunburn is the former, while Mongolian spots in newborns are the latter. ...

*Some terminology explanations that mention "pigmentation" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…それは,紅斑が真皮上層の血管拡張,充血であるのに対し,紫斑は血管壁から出血しているためである。色素斑pigmentationは主として黒色のメラニン色素の増加によるもので,メラニン色素が表皮内で増えると褐色調,真皮内にあると青色調に見える。日焼け後の黒褐色の色素沈着は前者であり,新生児の蒙古斑は後者である。…

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