Pityriasis alba resolves spontaneously; treatment consists primarily of good general skin care and education of a young patient’s parents about the benign nature of this self-limited disorder. Therapy may also include the following: Low-potency topical steroids (eg, hydrocortisone 1%, desonide 0.05%...
patient education materialsWe think that the condition described by Zaynoun et al under the name of EPA is a distinct disorder that cannot be considered an uncommon variant of PA. The latter can occur with multiple and diffuse skin lesions in atopic dermatitis, as in the patient of Sandhu's...