Why do I have random light spots on my skin?

Why do I have random light spots on my skin?

White spots on the skin often occur when skin proteins or dead cells become trapped under the skin’s surface. They may also occur as a result of depigmentation, or color loss. White skin spots are not usually a reason for concern and do not cause major symptoms.

What is hypopigmentation?

A condition in which the skin is lighter in color than normal. It occurs when special cells in the skin do not make enough of the pigment called melanin. Hypopigmentation can affect a small area of the skin or it can be widespread.

Why do I have white spots on my skin that won’t tan?

A: Your condition has a long name with lots of syllables: idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis. It causes little white areas to appear on skin that is exposed to the sun. Thus, the face, neck, hands and arms are most often affected. People with different skin types develop idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis.

How do you fix hypopigmentation?

A combined therapy using the medication psoralen and light therapy may also be used to treat hypopigmentation. The medication is applied to the skin or taken by mouth before light therapy is used on the affected area. This treatment usually needs to be repeated two to three times a week for up to a year.

Does hypopigmentation go away?

It is important to realize that this is not a permanent lightening of the skin but it resolves slowly. In most cases it takes many months or possibly even a year to go away completely. Since post inflammatory hypopigmentation is a temporary problem usually no treatment is required.

Can purpura be caused by stress?

Psychogenic purpura, also known as Gardner-Diamond syndrome or autoerythrocyte sensitization syndrome, is a rare condition characterized by spontaneous development of painful edematous skin lesions progressing to ecchymosis over the next 24 hours. Severe stress and emotional trauma always precede the skin lesions.