Pityriasis alba
Easy to diagnose !
- Epidemiology: frequent in children and young adults
- Clinically: hypopigmentation with desquamation (peeling) on the whole body but very cumbersome when localized on the face (picture)
- Etiology:
- often, there is a personal or familial history of atopy
- it is probably a mild form of dermatitis (eczema)
- Treatment:
- responds poorly to UV based light sources (sunlight, phototherapy)
- does not respond to potent topical steroids
- responds to topical non potent steroids (hydrocortisone, desonide), and occasionnally to more potent corticosteroids such as mometasone furoate 0.1%
Contributors:
Dr Christophe HSU – dermatologist. Geneva, Switzerland
Source of information: Nordlund J. Disorders of Pigmentation. 70th Annual Meeting of the AAD (American Academy of Dermatology) – San Diego, California, United States of America (USA)
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