Melanix Health Inc.
About Mela
Mela is a skin-tracking app — a computational dermatology engine — built by Melanix Health Inc. It reads skin as a system — barrier, cycle, sleep, environment, routine — across layers and over time, and stays alongside medical care rather than replacing it.
In brief
What is Mela?
Mela is a computational dermatology engine that reads a person's skin as a system over time rather than from a single snapshot. It tracks barrier function, cycle phase, sleep, environment, and routine, and uses causal methods to separate what a product changed from what would have changed anyway.
What is computational dermatology?
Computational dermatology applies the tools of causal inference and longitudinal measurement to skin — treating a routine as an experiment run on a single person, and asking what the evidence can and cannot support, instead of judging a product from one before-and-after.
Is Mela a medical device?
No. Mela is a general wellness tool for tracking skin over time. It does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition, and it is not a substitute for a board-certified dermatologist. Persistent, severe, or scarring concerns are a matter for a clinician.
The founder
Burhan Adhami (Han) · DO, MHSA, PhD · Founder & CEO
The publication
Mela publishes Field Notes — substantive, dated, and signed pieces on methodology, observations, and limits. Citation integrity is verified at the time of authorship against canonical sources. When something turns out to be wrong, the correction is issued openly and dated, with the original text preserved. Corrections: skin@melanixhealth.com.