White patches on aging skin may be caused by senile leucoderma, vitiligo, florid chaff rash and other causes. Symptoms can be improved through medication, physical therapy, surgery and other methods.
1. Geriatric white spots: currently believed to be a normal aging skin natural aging phenomenon, with the growth of age, the skin melanin decreases, which can appear this phenomenon. Patients generally have no self-conscious discomfort, and will not affect the patient’s life, health and life expectancy, generally without treatment.
2. Vitiligo: mainly associated with autoimmune, genetic and other causes of acquired pigment loss. You can choose to control the progression of the disease with topical fluticasone propionate cream, or oral prednisone and other glucocorticoid drugs, which can help restore skin color. For patients with stable vitiligo, transplantation surgery can be used for treatment, including autologous epidermal sheet transplantation, tiny skin sheet transplantation and so on.
3. florid chaff rash: it is the phenomenon of aging skin with white patches caused by superficial infection caused by Malassezia violating the cuticle of the skin. Ketoconazole, miconazole lotion can be used externally. If the lesion area is large, simple external treatment is not effective, can also take oral antifungal drug treatment such as itraconazole, fluconazole and other drugs. At the same time through ultraviolet radiation to make the skin flaking can have a certain effect.
Aging skin white spots can also be seen in other causes, it is recommended that patients go to the hospital in a timely manner, in accordance with the doctor’s instructions for treatment, to avoid delaying the condition. Drugs should be used under the guidance of a doctor.