what does it mean when u get white spots on your skin?
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Vitiligo occurs when certain skin cells called melanocytes stop making melanin. Melanin is the pigment that gives color to your skin, hair, and eyes. Without pigment, white patches form. These patches can appear anywhere on the body.
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Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis (IGH) manifests as small white spots on skin that receives high amounts of sun exposure. This includes areas such as arms and legs. The white spots are painless and benign.
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Red spots can be caused by a variety of conditions, including infections, allergic reactions, and inflammatory processes. Red spots can appear anywhere on the body. Red spots can be harmless or benign, or they may be a sign of a serious disease such as leukemia.
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Fordyce spots are small, yellow-white bumps. They occur when the sebaceous glands that secrete oil onto the skin become enlarged. These sebaceous glands are separate from hair follicles. Fordyce spots are more common on the lips and inner cheek, but they can also occur on the genitals.
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What causes Milia? White spots under the eyes are caused when there is a build up of dead skin cells or keratin. Keratin is a protein that makes up your skin, hair and nails and can also be found in your organs and glands. This can get trapped under the surface of the skin forming a raised 'pinhead' bump.
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The most common white spots are 'Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis'. These white spots on the skin are usually caused by sun exposure. In the case of too much UV exposure, the skin cells can change in color. Are these spots dangerous?
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Sometimes white spots occur even without symptoms. This is often caused by silent strokes, which are small strokes that don't cause symptoms. They may not cause symptoms if you have enough brain function to compensate for the small area of brain damage.
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This is often caused by sleeping with your mouth open all night. These white spots are caused by dehydration of the enamel surface of your teeth. Once saliva hits the teeth they will rehydrate and the white spots will disappear. Being sick with a cold can make your more likely to sleep with your mouth open.
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The white patches you describe could be a sign of athlete's foot. Athlete's foot is a bacterial infection that can be easily treated with a cream or powders available from a chemist or pharmacy.
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White spots are usually from water damage or where there is something under the screen pushing pressure onto the LCD like a swollen battery. Replacing the screen will sort it if it's water damage.
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If you have yellow or white bumps that look like pimples on your feet, this may be caused by whiteheads, skin abscess, or cysts. Read now for more information on causes and how to treat a yellow or white bumps on the foot.
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Vitiligo is caused by the lack of a pigment called melanin in the skin. Melanin is produced by skin cells called melanocytes, and it gives your skin its colour. In vitiligo, there are not enough working melanocytes to produce enough melanin in your skin. This causes white patches to develop on your skin or hair.
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This condition most often occurs in children and adults, but it's also seen in newborn babies. When white spots are caused by entrapped keratin, it's called primary milia. However, these tiny white cysts can also form on skin as the result of a burn, sun damage, or poison ivy.
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Fordyce spots happen when sebaceous glands, which moisturize your skin and are usually covered by your outer layer of skin, become enlarged and appear as tiny white spots. These spots are harmless. They can appear almost anywhere on your body, including your scrotum and penis.
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Often when you notice white spots after a whitening treatment, it is a matter of white spots that were there before the treatment and were just made more noticeable by the treatment.
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Vitiligo in Dark Skin The loss of color causes large, white patches to appear. Vitiligo occurs in up to 2% of the population but is most noticeable in those with dark skin. Vitiligo is thought to develop when melanin-producing cells are damaged, though no one is certain why this happens.
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Generally, white spots are the result of some sort of plant pest such as bacteria, fungi or insects. ... In terms of diseases, kale can be attacked by Cercospora fungi which can cause circular white spots on the foliage which may join together to form larger blotches.