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My friend has a white spots on his skin! are those symptoms of cancer ?
6 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Vitamin deficiency: More likely a nutritional that is a vitamin or calcium deficiency, could be skin problem. Unlikely cancer.
Answered 10/1/2013
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Probably not: Thanks for asking and glad your care. You and your friend can read up on tinea versicolor (photo folks), vitiligo, and guttate hypomelanosis. Most people with white spots have one of these three. Treating vitiligo and guttate hypomelanosis is very difficult, treating tinea versicolor is very easy if desired, and most people don't care about spots one way or the other.
Answered 3/10/2016
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