| CALMs | Café-au-lait macules |
| NOA | Nevus of Ota |
| BN | Becker’s nevus |
| LPP | Lichen planus pigmentosus |
| Nd:YAG | Q-switched neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet |
| PIH | Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| FST | Fitzpatrick skin type |
| ABNOM | Acquired bilateral nevus of Ota-like macules |
| IPL | Intense pulsed light |
| NS | Nevus spilus |
| ECP | Erythema dyschromia perstans |
| EFF | Erythromelanosis follicularis faciei |
| LWNH | Linear and whorled nevoid hypermelanosis |
| HN | Hori’s nevus |
| DLQI | Dermatology Life Quality Index |
| PBI | Patient Benefit Index |