Spots On Skin White. They may also be reddish-brown. Most of the time patients dont recall the specific injury to this area as in your case. It may also sometimes appear pink red or brown and may get larger over time. Superficial yeast infection.
Most of the time patients dont recall the specific injury to this area as in your case. This infection is not contagious. Keratoacanthoma hyperkeratosis is a lesion that grows rapidly usually on areas exposed to the sun. These white marks or spots are caused by minor injuries or trauma against the base of the nail the nail matrix which is the area where the new nail forms. This leads to changes in the texture of the skin and turns the surrounding skin red or white. Another possible cause of a white patch on skin is a superficial yeast infection tinea versicolor.
In this case treatment may include antifungal creams or shampoos.
When an area of the skin turns out to be oily moist and warm this yeast can overgrow the normal healthy flora of the skin and cause white spots on the skin. While there are several theories as to why IGH occurs spots on skin from the sun is widely believed to be due to this decline in melanin production. Symptoms include itching dry skin. In this case treatment may include antifungal creams or shampoos. Most of the time patients dont recall the specific injury to this area as in your case. Cuts and scrapes may become infected when bacteria enter the wound resulting in a skin infection.