This rash is usually red, smooth with no scale or crusts. Patients often have other symptoms like arthritis, fever, and muscle aches. The skin is frequently involved. Rashes may have many different appearances. This is one manifestation seen here on the neck and chest.
Lupus rashes most commonly occur in the sun-exposed skin.
Lupus is a multi-system autoimmune disease that can affect almost any organ of the body. The skin is frequently involved. Rashes may have many different appearances. This close-up picture of the neck clearly shows the typical rounded appearance of discoid lupus. The whitish appearance is caused by scaling.