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What Is The Cause Of White Itchy Patches On The Cheek Behind The Lower Lip?
Question: Hi,
I have developed white patches on right my right cheek and behind my lower lip. The doctor told me that it is a vitamin defiency patches.
She asked me to use mometasone furoate cream IP (morning)
and Tacrolimus ointment 0.1 W/W(night).After 3 days I saw another doctor who told me that Tacrolimus will not help ,I may continue using Mometasone and he wrote flutivate cream.
During all this I also met a General Physician who says that it is a fungus and wrote "Zocon 50 mg DT" and asked me to apply Candiderma cream. Again for 2 days it was all fine but since this morning I feel some sought of itching. The slightest touch of a hair is also causing severe itch.
(I have severe Dandruff from past 3 months.)
This had happened to me 10 years back also. The doctor had given me Elocon I donot remember whether it was a cream or an ointment.but it went off completly that time.Dandruff prob was not there that time.
Please help.
Thanks
I have developed white patches on right my right cheek and behind my lower lip. The doctor told me that it is a vitamin defiency patches.
She asked me to use mometasone furoate cream IP (morning)
and Tacrolimus ointment 0.1 W/W(night).After 3 days I saw another doctor who told me that Tacrolimus will not help ,I may continue using Mometasone and he wrote flutivate cream.
During all this I also met a General Physician who says that it is a fungus and wrote "Zocon 50 mg DT" and asked me to apply Candiderma cream. Again for 2 days it was all fine but since this morning I feel some sought of itching. The slightest touch of a hair is also causing severe itch.
(I have severe Dandruff from past 3 months.)
This had happened to me 10 years back also. The doctor had given me Elocon I donot remember whether it was a cream or an ointment.but it went off completly that time.Dandruff prob was not there that time.
Please help.
Thanks
Hi XXXXXXX
Thank you for the query,
I've few very specific questions to ask you :
1) Are these patches milky white in color or they are just lighter that the normal skin color?
2) How many patches do you see ?
3) Do you see any scaling over the patches?
4) Please specify the exact location or site of these patches(apart from face, is it also over the nape of neck or outer side of arms)?
5) Does it itch when you go out in sun?
You can even consider send me a picture of the lesion to confirm the diagnosis.
You can send at YYYY@YYYY .Kindly mention subject as "ATTN Dr.Bharat Chawda" and also do reply to my original answer in the website that you have posted a picture.
Also let me know that the doctor who told that it was a deficiency of vitamins, was a dermatologist or a general physician .
At this stage without seeing the lesion ,I can only give you some differential diagnosis.It could be either PITYRIASIS ALBA( because of dryness & deficiency of vitamins), or POLYMORPHIC LIGHT ERUPTION( due to sunlight allergy) or a FUNGAL INFECTION or VITILIGO( if lesion is milky white in color).
By the way,as you said you had a similar lesion long time back also,which was treated with elocon (a steroid) ,that would means that it was not a fungal infection.
If you can please answer my above questions ,then we come closer to a diagnosis and help you with some treatment.A photo of the same would help further.
For dandruff you can take any ketoconazole 2% shampoo with ZPTO ,which you can use twice a week.
Hope I have answered your query.I will be available for follow up query as well.
regards
Thank you for the query,
I've few very specific questions to ask you :
1) Are these patches milky white in color or they are just lighter that the normal skin color?
2) How many patches do you see ?
3) Do you see any scaling over the patches?
4) Please specify the exact location or site of these patches(apart from face, is it also over the nape of neck or outer side of arms)?
5) Does it itch when you go out in sun?
You can even consider send me a picture of the lesion to confirm the diagnosis.
You can send at YYYY@YYYY .Kindly mention subject as "ATTN Dr.Bharat Chawda" and also do reply to my original answer in the website that you have posted a picture.
Also let me know that the doctor who told that it was a deficiency of vitamins, was a dermatologist or a general physician .
At this stage without seeing the lesion ,I can only give you some differential diagnosis.It could be either PITYRIASIS ALBA( because of dryness & deficiency of vitamins), or POLYMORPHIC LIGHT ERUPTION( due to sunlight allergy) or a FUNGAL INFECTION or VITILIGO( if lesion is milky white in color).
By the way,as you said you had a similar lesion long time back also,which was treated with elocon (a steroid) ,that would means that it was not a fungal infection.
If you can please answer my above questions ,then we come closer to a diagnosis and help you with some treatment.A photo of the same would help further.
For dandruff you can take any ketoconazole 2% shampoo with ZPTO ,which you can use twice a week.
Hope I have answered your query.I will be available for follow up query as well.
regards
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