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    Sep 29, 2006, 05:45 PM
    Spots on skin
    I'm African American and I have light round shape spots on several places on my body. I know liver spots have nothing to do with your liver, I want to know if the spots I have are the same thing as liver spots.
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    Sep 30, 2006, 06:58 AM
    Because we cannot see the spots it would be in your best interest to ask your doctor.
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    Sep 30, 2006, 06:00 PM
    Why can't I ever get a straight answer from you people. I've asked two questions that wasn't answered I keep getting lame excuses why it wasn't answered. One referring to spots on my skin, my question wasn't answered for the reason they couldn't see the spots. Though I noticed someone else posted a question regarding spots on skin and they received a response. Did they see their spots, NO, they explained how they looked as well as I did. What's the problem?
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    Sep 30, 2006, 07:01 PM
    Okay, no they are not liver spots, they are called vitiglio, loss of pigmentation.

    If you don't like that answer then maybe you better go to beauty and skin care!!

    Just who do you think we are? Psychic doctors? I guess you are perfect and can answer without exams, right?

    We CANNOT diagnose just from a very short question. We did not do a physical exam so we do the best we can!!

    You really do not need to be so disparaging. Apparently you posted 2 questions that were not answered to your satisfaction, maybe you should try rewording your questions.
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    Sep 30, 2006, 07:37 PM
    Agree with J 9 - it is difficult to diagnosis anything on the skin without seeing it - and I assure you that no one is trying to discriminate against you. If someone else got an answer on this forum - it may have been the wrong one - (You get what you pay for - and this forum is free... ). You indeed may have vitiligo but there are several other things that can cause such skin changes. Fungus infections (tinea corpus) can cause light colored spots in dark skinned individuals and is easy to treat - whereas vitiligo is difficult (next to impossible) to treat. Lupus and sarcoidosis can also cause skin changes as you've described and are very serious diseases. For your own sake - see a dermatologist, let him see your spots and get a real answer...
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    Sep 30, 2006, 07:39 PM
    Again, I have to spread the love!

    Thank you for your assistance yet again!
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    Sep 30, 2006, 07:45 PM
    Lameda, I see you've asked a question about mixed connective tissue disease too - indeed, your skin changes could well be due to MCTD. Vitiligo itself is thought to be a type of auto-immune disorder... I would hope you are under close medical care for MCTD and you should discuss these skin changes with your physician...
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    Sep 2, 2008, 03:01 AM
    Ok Lameda, there are some diseases which causes white spot on the skin Vitiligo, Nevus depigmentosus, Pityriasis Alba, White scars and hypopigmentation, Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis. For further deatail about these skin disease See this Things like vitiligo link.
    Amongs these disease which disease conditions match with your case, that is your condition. You can easily found the Wood Lamp Experiment on the above link I provided for the diagnose the skin condition vitiligo.
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