Patches appear mainly on your child’s chest, neck, arms, and back. The fungus is not something you catch – it is just something that flares up possibly due to warmth or moisture. Pityriasis versicolor is due to a fungus on the skin, and this condition happens more in teens and young adults rather than smaller children. These names may be rather odd, but the conditions are common and not serious.
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Two reasons for pigment changes causing patches on the skin include pityriasis versicolor and pityriasis alba.
In my experience, parents find skin pigment changes on their child’s face particularly upsetting. Parents can worry when they see darker patches or lighter patches appearing on their child’s skin, and get quite anxious if their child does not have a “perfect” appearance. Always look out for new moles, growing moles (getting bigger than six millimetres across), or itchy or bleeding moles.Ģ. They should always be even coloured and a neat shape. Moles should always be small (less than a few millimetres across). Moles can keep coming up well into adulthood, though you wouldn’t expect any new ones beyond the age of 40. When your child goes through puberty, they may well suddenly have lots more moles appearing.Ī dozen or so moles are regarded as normal, though if you are more prone to moles, up to around 40-50 may crop up between birth and young adulthood. Moles to be worried about and get checked out include those on the soles of the feet or the palms of the hands, and those under the nails. They may get darker or lighter with time. Moles may be flat when you first notice them, and then get more raised and dome-shaped over time.Īs your child grows, their moles will also grow a bit. You might spot some at birth, but usually they come up later. They tend to be dark brown, black, or dark pink in colour. These are little collections of skin pigment cells and look like dots on the skin. What skin pigment changes might you see in your child? The more melanin produced, the darker the appearance of the skin. Sun on your skin and hormonal changes (such as in pregnancy) can also affect the amount of melanin that your skin pigment cells produce. This is why you get visual differences in skin colour and tone. We all produce a pigment called melanin, but each of us pumps out differing amounts of melanin.
We all have cells in our skin called melanocytes (skin pigment cells). Many skin conditions settle and disappear quite quickly. Common skin conditions you encounter while your child is growing up include blotchy red viral rashes popping up when your child has a fever, flaky cradle cap on the scalp, crusty yellow impetigo patches on the face, itchy chicken pox blisters, and nappy rash. Many types of skin rashes will seemingly come and go, some never having a proper name or even a specific treatment. Caring for your child’s skin can seem like a never-ending task in the early years.
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