Tinea versicolor or more precisely Pityriasis versicolor is superficial skin infection caused by Yeast malassezia furfur, as name suggests skin lesions look in various colors from hypopigmentation to hyperpigmentation, yeast produces azelic acid that leads to discoloration humidity and hot conditions predispose to infection, commonly upper body is affected eg face neck chest back upper limb etc. diagnosis is easily made with KOH 10/20 % mount microscopic examination of skin scrapping here you can see the lesions of Patient in the picture, and other picture shows budding yeast and hyphae showing "" Spaghetti and meatballs appearance "".

White spot in hands since 3 yr No itching or burning Treatment please & valuable opinion

A 66-year-old female of skin type 5 presented with these white faintly hypopigmented lesions for 2 weeks on the face only. No itching, no burning sensations. Denies excessive sun exposure. The lesions don't look like vitiligo. The patient was prescribed pimecrolimus and hydrating cream and sunscreen with no apparent improvement for 2 weeks. Can anybody shed some light on this case, please?

15 yr boy havng ths typ f lesn sinc 10 days . dx n tx .

a14yr boy with this type of whitish skin discoloration plz dx and rx@@Dr. Ashok Leel @Dr. Nitish Dubey @Dr. Hemangi Pethkar