Tinea Versicolor Part 1 #shorts

These are not sunspots. These are sunspots. This is Tinea versicolor. I'm a 40 year old board certified dermatologist and this is a fungus among us that can affect all skin types and tones, usually on our chest and our back, and it is caused by a yeast known as Malassezia. They usually appear as either hypopigmented patches with some redness to them, or even hyper pigmented patches along our chest and our back. But don't be mistaken, it can also even affect the face in darker skin tones just like this. Underneath the microscope they look like this. But fun fact, this guy right here is derived from Malassesia. And no, that doesn't mean you can DIY it yourself from your yeast living on your chest in.