Question 1

is it normal for a skin tone to get lighter in winter even if in the sun?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Even if you're getting sun during the winter, it's generally colder so most people cover up more of their body and don't spend as much time outdoors which also decreases the amount of sun exposure. Days are shorter and have less opportunities for sun exposure during winter. This all makes the skin look lighter.

Question 2

can you tell me how to get my skin tone lighter?

Accepted Answer

Sunblock moisturizer: Many people use over-the-counter moisturizers that contain sunscreen. Avoiding excessive sun exposure will let skin lighten up. One should take extra vitamin D to make up for not getting vitamin D from the sun. Although having tanned skin from sun exposure is not a medical illness, there are a few uncommon hormonal medical conditions that can cause skin darkening, for which a doctor can evaluate.

Question 3

what causes discoloration patches on my cheeks? they are lighter than my normal skin tone and quite distinguishable.

Accepted Answer

Pityriasis alba: Pityriasis alba is characterized by round or oval finely scaling patches of hypopigmentation, usually on the cheeks. The lesions are sharply demarcated and occasionally pruritic and are found primarily in children and adolescents the condition may recur, but spontaneous clearing is the usual prognosis. Treatment includes lubricating creams and topical corticosteroids.

Question 4

how can u get a even and lighter skin tone ?

Accepted Answer

Medical Questions: Having darker or non-fair skin is not a medical condition or disease.  It is the unnecessary desire to change one's skin color that is the disease here.  This needless worry causes significant stress and postpones the cultivation of self esteem and pride in one's self that should be part of the goal of growing up. I would wish for you better self esteem and comfort when you look in the mirror.

Question 5

is it possible to get back my birth skin tone? i was at least 7 shades lighter when i was 6 months old? if possible how?

Accepted Answer

No: A baby is baby-colored, and an adult is adult-colored.  It would be really odd for an adult to be the same exact color he was at birth.

Question 6

19 years old, abroad in greece from u.s. for 4 mos. aereola are now a lighter skin tone used to be dark and have been extremely itchy. is this normal?

Accepted Answer

Breast color: Without an exam it is impossible to know whether anything is abnormal, but if so it sounds very benign. It would not hurt to let your family doctor take a look at you, always better safe than sorry.

Question 7

25 white male that currently has patches on his face of a lighter skin tone. its as if someone took an eraser to my face. what could this be?

Accepted Answer

Light areas: Changes in skin tone (hypopigmentation, in this case) may be caused by vitiligo -- i recommend a visit to your doctor, who may send you to a dermatologist.

Question 8

2-3 skin tone lighter patch on the penile foreskin.about 5mm in size. what could it be? scared! vitiligo? a bit brownish.

Accepted Answer

Observe: If it is not painful, itchy,  raised, or enlarging, just keep an eye on it. But it is associated with any of the above, consult an urologist.

Question 9

if fair skinned person used hydroquinone 2% and got a lighter skin.could this result be kept permenantly?or eventually the old skin tone comes back?

Accepted Answer

Temporary: Results would be temporary unless topical treatment continued indefinitely.

Question 10

my 1year old was born with mongolian spots, recently on his back he is growing lighter than his skin tone spots that are growing n joining. is this a way of mongolian spots disappearing?

Accepted Answer

Usually fade on own: Mongolian spots are the rule, rather than exception, in Asians and virtually always fade with time. Do not always fade in same way, thus, as you suspecthis Mongolian spot is disappearing.

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Is it normal for a skin tone to get lighter in winter even if in the sun

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Can you tell me how to get my skin tone lighter?

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What causes discoloration patches on my cheeks? they are lighter than my normal skin tone and quite distinguishable.

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How can u get a even and lighter skin tone ?

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Is it possible to get back my birth skin tone? i was at least 7 shades lighter when i was 6 months old? if possible how?

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19 years old, abroad in greece from u.s. for 4 mos. aereola are now a lighter skin tone used to be dark and have been extremely itchy. is this normal?

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25 white male that currently has patches on his face of a lighter skin tone. its as if someone took an eraser to my face. what could this be?

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2-3 skin tone lighter patch on the penile foreskin.about 5mm in size. what could it be? scared! vitiligo? a bit brownish.

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If fair skinned person used hydroquinone 2% and got a lighter skin.could this result be kept permenantly?or eventually the old skin tone comes back?

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My 1year old was born with mongolian spots, recently on his back he is growing lighter than his skin tone spots that are growing n joining. is this a way of mongolian spots disappearing?

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