White Spots On My Knees

White spots on skin

White spots on your skin are typical and varies with age and setting, they can exist many things. Beneath are instance cases; some are trivial and others needed a personal visit to the dermatologist.

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Fordyce spots (Sebaceous Glands)

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I accept these small white bumps on my lips and genital for about more than a year. It does non bother me like itching, pain or whatsoever uncomfortable but the expect it does. I take visited Dermatologist about it. He said its Fordyce spots only didn’t recommended any special treatment only for the lips he said it tin be removed by light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation merely for couple weeks your lips will be swollen. Merely I want to get rid of it from my lips and genital so I have searched on internet and found this website, which claims this product (Anti-Sebum), tin can be useful to remove the Fordyce spots on lips and genital. And so please communication if this product (Anti-Sebum) is accurate and harmless or what is your recommendation, which handling should I have? Besides from some net pages talk virtually Remedies to Cure White Spots on Lips such Coconut Oil, Vitamins, Broccoli, Water, Garlic, Spinach, Apple tree Cider Vinegar, etc…..

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Hi and give thanks you for submitting your case. These spots are, as your Dermatologists correctly has diagnosed, Fordyce spots. Information technology is not considered as a illness in its proper sense. From a strict medical betoken of view no treatment at all i needed. If they bother you lot from a aesthetical indicate of view in fact light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation treatment can be considered with a recovery period of a couple of weeks. Anti-Sebium will do you no harm simply the degree of success is possibly not as high. One option exercise not exclude the other. Maybe y'all could first try with Anti-Sebium and if the consequence is not as expected Laser could be considered thereafter.

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Leukonychia (Median Nail Dystrophy)

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Zip other than discoloration under the index fingernail. No trauma to the surrounding expanse that I can retrieve.

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Peradventure LEUKONYCHIA, a benign condition in which small white spots appear on the finger nails. These white marks or spots are caused past minor injuries or trauma against the base of operations of the nail (the boom matrix) which is the area where the new nail forms. Almost of the time, patients don’t recall the specific injury to this area as in your case. Leukonychia is fortunately a harmless condition and these white marks will disappear once the affected surface area of the blast has grown out to the tip.

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Vitiligo

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I use olay face cream white spots on my face modest now it’southward getting worse then what you lot recommend please.

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Thanks for sending your question. The photos you submitted look like vitiligo. It is recommended you lot encounter a dermatologist to confirm the assessment and hash out treatment options. Vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder in which the immune systems affects your own melanocytes (the skin’s pigment-producing cells) “turning them off”. It is thought this a genetic disorder that is non-contagious. Vitiligo cannot be cured, but several treatments can be used to try to restore the lost pigmentation in your skin including topical steroids, calcineurin inhibitors and/or phototherapy. Sun protection and sunscreen to protect the areas is very of import. It is recommended you run into a dermatologist in person to ostend the assessment and discuss treatment options

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Pityriasis Alba

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Skin rash is on both arms. From shoulder to wrist. Starts out equally small reddish-ish circles, gets bigger with a piddling dryness on top, and then fades to white where it stays for years. Non itchy. Tried medication for tinea versicolor several times with no relief. Does not seem to be associated with seasons or dryness or humidity. When I go in the sun, the white spots stay white and the red seems to ease up. But I tan easily so I don’t know if it’s just harder to meet the red or if the rash goes into remission. This started around 2008/2009 I believe. Have been tested for various autoimmune (claret fatigued) and just affair that came dorsum was a minuscule positivity for lupus but non present enough for positive diagnosis. It does not hurt or itch, I am only self witting as information technology looks like leopard spots.

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Thank you lot for sending your case. Based on the information and images of your arms this is possibly PITYRIASIS ALBA. This is a mutual skin status that presents as red scaly patches that fade to white over time. Pityriasis alba commonly occurs on the face and extremities. It is considered a balmy course of eczema. Contributing factors tin include just are not express to unprotected sun exposure, humidity and/or dry cold environments. Over-the-counter hydrocortisone cream ane% used twice daily can be helpful. I also recommend using sunscreen SPF xxx or greater with UVA and UVB protection. Daily employ of moisturizer, for example Cetaphil, is recommended. If this does not improve, y'all should see a dermatologist in person for treatment.

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