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I have blotches on my skin. the surrounding area is faint red/really light purple (since im brown) but the blotches are pale?
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Some ideas : Is hard to know without seeing and having more history, but a few ideas that you can look the images and compare are tinea corporis, tinea versicolor or tinea alba. Depending on symptoms a tele health visit or a dermatology might help. Best
Answered 11/11/2020
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