In this post, I will talk about Argyria.

Firstly, I will start with the meaning of Argyria. Argyria is a condition caused by the ingestion of elemental silver, silver dust or silver compounds. Argyria results from prolonged contact with or ingestion of silver salts. Argyria is characterized by gray to gray-black staining of the skin and mucous membranes produced by silver deposition. Silver may be deposited in the skin either from industrial exposure or as a result of medications containing silver salts.

To treat it, you can use hydroquinone treatment as it may reduce the number of silver granules in the upper dermis and around sweat glands and diminish the number of melanocytes or Chelation which attempts to remove silver from the body or sunscreens and opaque cosmetics which may help in preventing further pigmentary darkening and aid in masking obvious discoloration.

Sources: http://wikipedia.org / http://www.emedicine.com/DERM/topic595.htm / http://www.silvermedicine.org/argyria.html