4 Year Child Developed Light Brown Irregular Shaped Dark Spot On Chest. Should I Be Concerned?

Posted on Tue, 31 Jul 2012

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Question : my 4 yr old boy has recently developed a light brown irregularly shaped dark spot on his chest. He is fair complected and has been in the sun a lot this summer. It was not there prior to this summer. Should I be concerned? any guess as to what it might be?

Answered by Dr. Rohit Batra (4 hours later)

Dear patient
Thanks for your query.
I would request you to please send in a couple of photographs so that I can give you a detailed response.
Regards
Dr.Rohit

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Rohit Batra (7 minutes later)

Do you have an email address I can send it to? This system will not take it

Answered by Dr. Rohit Batra (14 hours later)

Hi,
Please send it to YYYY@YYYY . In the subject line, please write Attention to Dr XXXXXXX Batra.
Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Answered by Dr. Rohit Batra (12 hours later)

Dear Patient,
Thanks for the photgraph and follow up.
It seems that the brown pigmentation is as a result of a post inflammatory process - post inflammatory hyperpigmentation and is common after a trauma, sunburn , application of some cream, oil etc.
A mild topicl steroid cream is all that is required to take care of the condition .
Sun avoidence also needs to be mantained to prevent further pigmentation and faster results.

Regards

Dr.Rohit Batra

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar