What to do if a child has white patches on his face

  White patches on the pediatric face are also a relatively common childhood skin lesion. Common pediatric white patches are the following; anaplastic nevus, vitiligo, anemic nevus, and pityriasis albuginea.  Pigmentless nevus is mainly due to defective melanocyte function resulting in restricted melanin synthesis or transport, it is a partial skin pigmentation loss, there is no effective treatment, small area can use autologous epidermal transplantation.  The treatment is mainly based on the grading and severity of the disease identified by the physician with narrow-wave ultraviolet radiation or 308 quasi-laser molecules plus therapeutic ointment.  Anemic nevus, which is due to the continuous contraction of superficial dermis, causing the skin to be white in spots or patches, generally does not affect health and does not require treatment, and can be covered up with cosmetics.  Pityriasis simplex, manifested as a rash covered with a few scales, early lesions of light red, later hypopigmented spots, most often in children, face, neck and upper arms. No special treatment can be applied topical emollient cream or topical hormone ointment can be.  Children with white patches on the face should go to the hospital promptly, according to the diagnosis of the dermatologist, according to the condition of treatment.