Cafe Au Lait Spots On Legs

These are harmless and actually quite unique and cool.

Cafe au lait spots on legs. Café-au-lait spots are flat birthmarks with distinct edges are a bit darker than the surrounding skin. They merely are a symptom for some reason. More than 14-inch 5 millimeters across.

Without any sun exposure though there is not much difference in pigmentation. Feel free to ask me any questions you might have. By the age of 2-3 the spots are usually clearly visible.

In my office we use the pico laser PiOQ4 by lumenis with very good results. Some early compendia had associated ataxia telangiectasia with café au lait spots66 However the association is not with the classic disorder but with what had been called ataxia telangiectasia variant VI. 1 neurofibromatosis type 2 NF2.

Cafe Au Lait spots treatments like laser cosmetic surgery medications can help fade them. Neurofibromatosis type 6 NF6 also referred as café-au-lait spots syndrome is a cutaneous disorder characterized by the presence of several café-au-lait CAL macules without any other manifestations of neurofibromatosis or any other systemic disorder. You will want to make certain what this lesion is before treating.

I immediately asked about them and was told they were nothing. Other syndromes definitely associated with multiple cafe-au-lait macules include. 3 autosomal dominant multiple cafe-au-lait macules.

It is also known as circumscribed café-au-lait hypermelanosis von Recklinghausen spot or abbreviated as CALM. They range in color from light brown to chocolate brown and usually are found on the torso buttocks and legs. Darker than surrounding skin.