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My son is biracial and has had problems with excema. he is very fair skinned and now his skin is blotchy and very light spots on arms, what is this?
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Eczema: Can still be the eczema, even can develop post inflammatory skin hypo pigmentation, which is from the eczema. That can take time for it to return to normal.
Answered 8/8/2014
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