A 52-year-old male asked:
I have patches where my skin has lost pigmentation and are white- is there a cure for this?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
Dr. Michael Fisheranswered
Dermatology 34 years experience
Vitiligo: Vitiligo is a skin condition in which there is a loss of brown color (pigment) from areas of skin, resulting in irregular white patches that feel like normal skin.
Vitiligo appears to occur when immune cells destroy the cells that produce brown pigment (melanocytes). This destruction is thought to be due to an autoimmune problem, but the cause is unknown. See derm for treatment.
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A 25-year-old member asked:
How to cure white skin patch?
4 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in
Dr. Paul Cohenanswered
Family Medicine 30 years experience
Need more info...: Without visualizing your 'white skin patch' it is difficult to determine what it is exactly. My advice is to have your doctor examine it; and maybe even a dermatologist visit might be in order to diagnose it correctly.
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Last updated Nov 29, 2013
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