I Have White Spots On My Face

White skin spots are.

White spots on the skin often occur when skin proteins or dead cells become trapped under the skin s surface. They are small round hard white bumps on the face. Milia look almost like a small pearl or grain of sand trapped under the skin. If you have a small white bump on the face there s a good chance it s a milium singular milia.

Sometimes these spots can cover a large surface area and may even extend to other parts of your body. These spots can occur on the face arms upper back and the. Sunspots can also appear from extended tanning bed use. Milk spots on face are formed when keratin a protein in the upper layer of the skin and dead skin cells get trapped below the skin surface.

They re most common around the eyes and on the cheeks nose and forehead but they can appear anywhere on the face. Apart from causes mentioned above vitamin b 12 deficiency can also cause white spots on the face. Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis also known as white sun spots causes flat white spots that can be 1 to 10 millimeters in diameter. Guttate hypomelanosis or small white spots better known as sunspots occur after excessive sun exposure.

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They may also occur as a result of depigmentation or color loss. These white spots are often noticed in people around 40 years of age 5. You may notice white spots speckled across your cheeks or elsewhere on your face. Excess sun exposure unhealthy diet or uncontrolled food intake can also cause discoloration or white patches or spots on your skin.