What are the symptoms of white spots on the skin of the fingers?

Leukoplakia are white spots. This condition is related to many factors. The location of occurrence of white spots is uncertain. White spots may also appear on the skin of the fingers. White spots on the skin of the fingers may be accompanied by other symptoms. White spots on the skin of the fingers may also spread.

1. Symptoms of white spots on the hands: In the early stage, the white patches are mostly the size of a fingernail to a coin, nearly round, oval or of different shapes. There are also cases where they appear as dot-like hypochromic spots with obvious boundaries; some are surrounded by pigmented bands. Secondly, the symptoms of white spots on the hands vary in the number of white patches, which may be limited to a certain part of the body, and it is very rare for white patches to disappear on their own.

2. When white spots appear on the body, the disease can easily worsen. Adjacent white patches can merge into different large patches, and the disease spreads all over the body, like a map. Sometimes healthy skin remains in the white patches, which are mistaken for pigmentation. In addition, experts say that for some skin with uneven pigmentation, white patches gradually appear, followed by the patches gradually spreading and the condition worsening. Skin leukoplakia is an acquired skin pigment loss lesion, characterized by the loss of pigment in specific areas or over a large area.

3. According to clinical investigations, the incidence of this disease is about 0.5% to 2%, and it occurs all over the world. White spots on the skin can affect all races. Generally, people with light skin are less likely to show this lesion, while people with darker skin are more likely to show this lesion. It is recommended that patients with vitiligo who develop white spots on their hands should receive immediate treatment to prevent the white patches from getting worse and affecting their appearance and life.