A study of body mass index, waist circumference, body fat percentage, blood sugar levels, and lipid profile in patients of facial acanthosis Nigricans

Introduction: Facial acanthosis nigricans (FAN) is a term used synonymously and interchangeably with metabolic melanosis and metabolic melasma. FAN is described as brown-to-black macular pigmentation with blurred ill-defined margins, commonly found on the forehead and zygomatic and malar areas with varying degrees of textural changes ranging from mild roughness to frank verrucous appearance of the affected areas. Aims and Objective: (i) The aims...