What Causes White Patch Of Skin On The Foreskin?

Posted on Sun, 4 Dec 2016

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Sun, 4 Dec 2016 Answered on

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Question : I got white patch on inner skin of penis skin around 10 yrs back.no issues till now. Now it is going to increasing slowly.I showed to one Dr .he said leave it no problem with that.
Pls give the remedy for that

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (40 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Either vitiligo or lichen sclerosus et atrophicus

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for being at healthcaremagic
According to your complaints it could be either vitiligo or lichen sclerosus et atrophicus.
In either of the condition the treatment is almost the same.
If I was your treating doctor I would recommend you to apply topical steroid like clobetasol propionate cream on the patch in the morning and tacrolimus 0.1 percent ointment on the affected area at night.
These are prescription drugs and you need to see the doctor in person to get them.
Regards
Dr Asmeet

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