WHITE OR BROWN DISCOLOURATION



Serving Hamilton, Stoney Creek, Grimsby and surrounding areas.

Becker's Nevus

  • A mark with increased pigmentation and hair
  • Usually on the chest, shoulder and back

Idiopathic Guttate Hypomelanosis

  • Small white spots on the arms, legs and chest
  • Usually seen in people with darker skin types

Melasma for Hamilton, Grimsby and Stoney Creek

Melasma (Cholasma, Mask of Pregnancy)

  • Melasma is pigmentation that occurs on the upper lip, cheeks, forehead and chin.


Pityriasis Alba

  • Eczema that forms light scaly patches on the cheeks of children with darker skin types.

Poikiloderma of Civatte

  • Red-Brown discolouration on the side of the neck and upper chest
  • A form of sun damage

Solar Lentigines (Liver Spots)

  • 'Liver spots' which develop after years of sun exposure.


Tinea Versicolour

  • Tinea Versicolour is a rash caused by a yeast that lives on the skin.
Lupus for Hamilton, Grimsby and Stoney Creek

Vitiligo

  • Is a disease in which the skin's pigment producing cells (melanocytes) are destroyed producing white spots.