Nikki A. Levin, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA. Note: The author reported no actual or potential ...

Hypopigmentation can also from when there's been an overproduction of a yeast on the skin called malassezia furfur (which causes the condition tinea versicolor) as well as "vitiligo, which is an ...

If the diagnosis is still in doubt, skin scrapings may be sent for fungal culture, keeping in mind that Malassezia will only grow on a lipid-containing medium, such as Leeming and Notman agar.