Haas, MD, FAAD, is a board-certified dermatologist with LCMC Health in Louisiana. In addition to his clinical practice, he ...

If you have atopic dermatitis, the most common form of eczema, you may have noticed dark patches or light spots on your skin.

Whether it's rapidly growing spot or a red, angry-looking bump that won’t go away, noticing any new or unusual changes on your skin usually raises a few red flags. Is it a pimple, a mole or at worst, ...

Last December, Sarah Eggenberger noticed a small red spot on the left side of her nose. “(It) almost presented itself like a broken capillary or an aging spot,” the 48-year-old TODAY contributor and ...

Dark spots, stubborn patches, uneven tone — hyperpigmentation shows up in many ways and for just as many reasons. If you’ve ever wondered why some areas of your skin seem to darken out of nowhere (or ...

Even with your best efforts (and a lineup of pricey brightening products), dark spots notoriously take their sweet time to go away. More specifically, “it can take around a month,” Mamina Turegano, MD ...

There are two types of skin pigmentation disorders: hyperpigmentation, in which the skin produces too much melanin, and hypopigmentation, in which the skin produces too little melanin. Skin ...

Age spots are harmless marks that can appear on the skin as a person ages. These spots can look similar to some types of skin cancer or precancerous growths. Both age spots and skin cancer are more ...