Brief Answer:
Kindly upload a good resolution close up pictures

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Welcome and thanks for posting your query to the forum.

I can understand your concern for burn like spot near both eyes. After going through the history as well pictures I can make a probable diagnosis of simple dermatitis of the affected skin.

There can be multiple causes of the same but most commonly in your case it appears to be exposure to ultraviolet light by computers. TO confirm the same I request you to kindly upload a good resolution close up pictures of the affected area. The two pictures sent by you are though helpful but are not to the extent of best diagnosis.

Kindly also tell me the grade of itching or burning - nil/mild/moderate/severe.
If the itching or burning is present then do yo feel the increase in irritation on exposure to sunlight or due to hot weather.

Kindly also let me know if you are taking any medications for any other health problems.

Regards,
Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
(MD- Dermatology & Sexually Transmitted Diseases)

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Brief Answer:
UV protection; Sunscreens; Vitamin A diet

Detailed Answer:
Hello Sir,

Welcome again to the forum and thanks for adding informations as well as sending good resolution pictures.

After completely analyzing the whole condition as well the pictures I can confirm the condition as dermatitis as guided before. This is a very simple condition which we most often see and is very well curable condition.

To tell you simply- our skin is a multilayered structure. It has tendency to get renewed itself. There are so many factors which causes damage to the normal renewal process. So whenever any of the factors causes damage to the skin then the renewal processes bit disturbed. As a part of protection to the skin it becomes thick, flaky and bit reddish. So there can be initial redness and itching or discomfort or irritation. It can get aggravated due to hot and humid climate as well as repeated touching.

So you can get that ultraviolet light emitted by the computer activity in your case is acting as main factor causing the spot. This is a quite simple problem which we see in our day to day practice and persist for only the time till the aggravating factor is present. So the most important part in your management is avoidance of the aggravating factor enumerated above.

You might be wondering how you can avoid your exposure to computers and hence to ultraviolet light.

I suggest you certain important points regarding the same:

- Use a screen guard in front of your computer.

- Do not work continuously for long hours. After every 1 hour of work give a break of atleast 5-10 minutes.

- Sunscreens: These do help in reducing the harsh effect of UV radiations emitted by computers. Even then whenever the sunscreen is used- it should be used half an hour before going out as it requires 30 minutes to get activated. A reapplication is required every 3 hourly to get an active protection.

- Vitamin A plays a very important role in UV protection. It along with certain antioxidants in our diet of fruits helps us best in reducing the damage of sun light. So I suggest you to have lot vitamin A and lycopene in diet. You should eat all fruits as well papaya, tomatoes and beat root containing these things in plenty.

For the part of treatment kindly follow the suggestions below:

1. In my patients with your kind of condition I suggest them to apply plane Mometasone cream in a thin layer in morning and at night time. Apply in a very thin layer for two times (morning and night) so that it should not be visible to naked eye. It is to be applied two times for 7 days and then onetime for next 7 days before stopping it.

2. As soon as it gets better in 15 days then can shift to Fluticasone cream at night time only for next 7 days and then alternate days for next few days before stopping it completely.

3. A sunscreen containing SPF and moisturizing factor such as Elovera SPF do help a lot in same.

The condition will get better in few weeks and the tendency will decrease slowly and might take multiple of months to get better from internally, so have patience as well best of measure as suggested above.

I hope these informations will help you. I will be glad to answer any further of your queries.

Regards,
Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
(MD- Dermatology)

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Brief Answer:
All sources of light emits UV radiation

Detailed Answer:
Hello Sir,

Welcome to the forum and thanks for further follow up.

Regarding your further queries- You are partially correct in your findings that LCDs do not emit UV rays, but the actual scenario is that all the light sources emit some amount of UV rays. In desktops it is quite high but in laptops it is on lower side. It is not with all the people that they get such kind of dermatitis process on exposure to laptops only.

In some of the people even 2 minutes of sunlight is sufficient to cause the UV damage. It is then further aggravated by UV light from all the artificial sources of light and the environmental factors such as heat and humidity.

With increase in age our repair process is slowed down and therefore leads to kind of problem which you are facing. As I already said it is quite a simple process and as it has not widely spread except for a small part near right eye so is a good sign in you.

So you have to take care of the problem as guided previously. I am really happy to know that you are young man of 63 years working more than me itself, so you are a source of inspiration to all of us middle aged people and other young people who do not work for 12 hours.

"My all best wishes for your good health"

If you find any problem in future then can ask me directly on :

bit.ly/drsanjaykanodia

I hope these informations will help you. I will be glad to answer any further of your queries or if not then can close the query and rate the answer.

Regards,
Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
(MD- Dermatology)

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