What Causes Dark or Pale Face Color?

What Causes Dark Or Pale Face Color?

Dark or pale face color can have various causes, ranging in severity from 'minor' to 'life-threatening'. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.

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Diagnosis is usually a complex process due to the sheer number of possible causes and related symptoms. In order to diagnose dark or pale face color, we could:

Research the topic
Find a doctor with the time
Use a diagnostic computer system.

The process is the same, whichever method is used.

Step 1: List all Possible Causes

We begin by identifying the disease conditions which have "dark or pale face color" as a symptom. Here are three possibilities:

Caffeine Intoxication
Kidney Disease
Rosacea

Step 2: Build a Symptom Checklist

We then identify all possible symptoms and risk factors of each possible cause, and check the ones that apply:

arrhythmia

moderate caffeine supplementation

dark areas under eyes

short-term low-carb dieting

visible veins on face

cysts in breasts

slight eyelid twitch

high diastolic blood pressure

moderate afternoon/evening fatigue

tea consumption

being very easily irritated

medium-term hypertension

... and more than 30 others

Step 3: Rule Out or Confirm each Possible Cause

A differential diagnosis of your symptoms and risk factors finds the likely cause of dark or pale face color:

Cause	Probability	Status
Rosacea	91%	Confirm
Caffeine Intoxication	14%	Unlikely
Kidney Disease	5%	Ruled out

* This is a simple example to illustrate the process

Arriving at a Correct Diagnosis

The Analyst™ is our online diagnosis tool that learns all about you through a straightforward process of multi-level questioning, providing diagnosis at the end.

In the Skin-Related Symptoms section of the questionnaire, The Analyst™ will ask the following question about facial coloring prior to suntan:

What is your facial coloring prior to suntan, compared to others of your race, or family members?

Possible responses:

→ Noticeably pale
→ Slightly pale
→ Average / don't know
→ Slightly dark
→ Noticeably dark, pink, flushed or ruddy

Based on your response to this question, which may indicate pale facial coloring, dark facial coloring or dark/flushed facial coloring, The Analyst™ will consider possibilities such as:

Caffeine Intoxication

Kidney Disease

Pale skin is a possible symptom of kidney disease.

Rosacea

... and also rule out issues such as:

Rosacea

Concerned or curious about your health? Try The Analyst™