Do I have a skin disease, if I have white spots on my skin??

Answer:
What is your complexion?My daughter has the same symptoms which for a long time was misdiagnoised.She is brown skinned and we found out it was tinea versicolor.Welived in Houston and now in Sacramento and due to hot weather and humidy a fungus grows in the skin and white spots appear more on minority skin and red spots on caucasian skin.

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is there dry skin?
is the area at all irritated?

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It could be one of three things.
- Leucoderma - which means that there is a skin condition where your skin is not generating the right pigments which colour the skin
- Some kind of skin condition which may be caused by some cell decomposition or multiplication and which needs immediate visit to the skin doctor without delay - it may even be a form of melanoma or something.
- Probably it is a Fungal infection and which still needs a skin specialists attention - local application of the right antifungal ointment or liquid will cure it
Of course there may be many more reasons - but from what I have seen of life - NEVER EVER NEGLECT SKIN PROBLEMS - JUST GO TO THE SKIN SPECIALIST AS SOON AS YOU SEE THE CHANGE.

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