Usually, a person's skin tone is determined by their genetics, and therefore the pallor of the skin does not always indicate illness or indisposition. This may be a feature of the body (when blood vessels do not shine through due to the density of the skin, therefore it seems especially pale), the result of insufficient exposure to fresh air or low temperature of the environment around, physical or psychological stress.
Moreover, for many centuries, pale skin was considered not just beautiful. It was an essential sign of a person from high society, rich enough, educated and prosperous.
The lower classes, on the other hand, boasted a tan, due to the fact that they were forced to survive on backbreaking labor in the air.
However, much more often pale skin can be one of the signs of malaise, pathological changes in the body. At the same time, other symptoms join, such as weakness, excessive sweating, discoloration of the nails and lips, blanching of the mucous membranes.
There may be several reasons for such changes. As a rule, objective factors are associated withnatural processes for the aging body, but the subjective ones vary depending on the diseases, genetics and lifestyle of each individual. And then the treatment of skin diseases requires a special approach.
So, the most important reason for this phenomenon is age. Over the years, the integument loses moisture, the body produces less and less collagen, due to a decrease in the activity of the cardiovascular system, tissue nutrition deteriorates, and as a result, the skin becomes drier, more vulnerable, and paler. This is an objective reason, it is difficult to do anything here.
But there can be quite a few subjective reasons. Paleness of the skin can be caused, firstly, by lifestyle, that is, malnutrition, lack of sleep and stress. All this leads to premature aging. And if bad ecology also contributes, the consequences come even faster. Secondly, the pale shade of the integument can be caused by anemia, that is, a lack of iron in the blood, or vegetovascular dystonia, which always goes hand in hand with low blood pressure and its frequent drops, headache, heart rhythm disturbance, dizziness and other unpleasant symptoms. Too light skin tone, closer to yellowish, also causes diseases of the excretory system, for example, kidneys, or heart ailments.
Thirdly, unusual pallor can be the result of such a terrible disease as leukemia, and is one of its first symptoms. In this case, the pallor of the skin is accompanied by small bruises, wounds on the mucous membrane,weakness, lethargy and drowsiness. The temperature may rise. All this is by no means harmless. The main thing is not to miss the symptoms, seek help from a doctor.
Thus, skin color can be determined by various factors, both harmless and pathogenic. If pallor is accompanied by relatively good he alth, does not cause anxiety and inconvenience, then there is no cause for alarm.
So, such pallor is just a natural physiological state for this particular person.
But if it developed suddenly, and weakness, fatigue, a feeling of lack of air, rapid heartbeat are added to too light skin, then you need to immediately see a doctor. And then the treatment of skin diseases will be easier and will not be accompanied by any running processes.
