As many of you know, during this season, some young people and children have patches of whitish or reddish discoloration on their faces with tiny scales and sometimes itchy symptoms. This skin disease is an eyesore, especially for some young girls, and causes unspeakable distress. Since this disease often occurs in the spring when peach blossoms are open, it is commonly known as “ringworm”. In fact, ringworm is not the same as ringworm, a superficial fungal infection of the skin, which is a medical term for ringworm. At present, medical science has proved that it is actually a general name for a kind of skin disease like white furunculosis and spring dermatitis that is good in spring. White furfuraceous rash (pityriasisalba): also called simple furfuraceous rash, the cause is unknown, may be related to the infection factor. It is also thought to be related to atopic physique. White furfuraceous rash in preschool as well as juvenile period is a quite common phenomenon, especially good to occur in dry skin or darker skin color children, in childhood sebaceous glands have not developed, skin surface lack of sebum, excessive cleaning and sun exposure, dry skin may promote this disease. Because of its name, many people think of ringworm as a skin disease that only young girls get. In fact, tinea versicolor is not picky when it comes to all types of people. In addition to children, teenagers, and even some middle-aged people are the targets of its aggression. It has the following characteristics: 1. First, it occurs on the face, but can also occur on other parts of the body, such as the neck, shoulders, and upper arms 2. It appears as hypopigmented round or oval patches, varying in size from 1 cm to several cm in diameter, pale white or pale red, with clear borders and covered with a small amount of scales. 3.Usually no conscious symptoms, some patients have mild itching. 4, after a few months or more time can be self-resolving. How to prevent: There are many reasons for suffering from this disease, the most important of which is unbalanced nutrition. Today’s fast-paced city life makes us seem to have entered an era of fast food, a variety of fast food has become the favorite of many children and young people. In addition, in the recipes of this group of people, meat takes the lead and vegetables and cereals are thrown aside, thus leading to a serious deficiency of some vitamins in the body. Therefore, it is especially important for children to reduce the intake of contaminated food, correct partial eating, develop scientific dietary recipes and maintain the supply of whole nutrients. In addition avoid excessive washing, especially with strong alkaline soap. Reduce the stimulation of the skin and mitigate the damage to the skin barrier. Avoid sun exposure, go out with good sun protection measures, use umbrella or sunscreen to protect the skin from UV rays. Treatment principles: This disease can slowly get better on its own, and the symptoms are not considered serious, so active treatment is not advocated. If treatment is really necessary, you can choose to take vitamin B complex internally and apply topical 5% sulfur ointment or corticosteroid cream.