Teenage girl struck by mysterious skin condition takes to TikTok for answers on what is causing a speckled rash to spread across her arms and chest
- Kayla Davidson posted a video to TikTok of spots covering her body
- The teenager says the spots appeared three months ago and burn to touch
- She writes in the clip that doctors think she has ‘cheetah disease’
- As viewers rushed to speculate on what her condition might be, DailyMail.com spoke to two board-certified dermatologist for their takes
A teenage girl is seeking answers for what is causing red and white spots to appear all over her body.
Kayla Davidson posted a video that has since gone viral to TikTok – an app for sharing short videos – in which she explained her mysterious condition.
‘Weird undiagnosed sickness check,’ she begins the clip before flipping the camera to show her arms.
Each one is covered in a net-like pattern before she pans the camera across her chest showing the same skin abnormalities.
As viewers rushed to speculate on what her condition might be, DailyMail.com spoke to two board-certified dermatologist for their takes
Kayla Davidson (left and right) posted a video to TikTok of red and white spots covering her body. The teenager says the spots appeared three months ago and burn to touch
She writes in the clip that doctors think she has ‘cheetah disease’. Pictured: Davidson showing her chest covered in spots
Text then flashes across the screen that reads: ‘It just showed up three months ago. It burns all the time and hurts to touch.’
Davidson ends the video with a caption that says: ‘They think it’s cheetah disease.’
As of Thursday afternoon, the video, which was posted on Wednesday night, has more than 1.4 million views and more than 3,000 comments.
Some TikTok users rushed to offer armchair diagnoses on what the condition was while others urged her to seek medical attention. ‘
Honey go to the hospital like now. Please!’ wrote one TikTok user while another urged: ‘Don’t ask us, got a real doctor’.
DailyMail.com spoke to two dermatologists, neither of whom treat Davidson, to gauge their thoughts on the disorder amid the speculation.
‘She’s not my patient and it’s difficult to make a diagnosis from a video, but she looks like she has a livedo reticularis-like pattern on her skin,’ said Dr Joshua Zeichner, a board-certified dermatologist in New York City.
Livedo reticularis is a condition thought to be caused by blood vessel spasms, causing a net-like pattern on the skin.
Dr Douglas Altchek, a clinical professor of dermatology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine with a private practice in Manhattan, also offered his take.
DailyMail.com spoke to two dermatologists, neither of whom treat Davidson, to gauge their thoughts on what they believe her disorder is. They theorized she may have a fungal infection or a condition that causes blood vessels to spasms. Pictured, left and right: Davidson
As of Thursday afternoon, the video, has more than 1.4 million views and more than 3,000 comments. Pictured: Davidson showing the spots covering her arm
‘My bet for the diagnosis is either tinea versicolor or progressive macular hypomelanosis,’ he said.
Tinea versicolor is a common fungal condition that causes small, discolored patches to appear all over the skin.
Progressive macular hypomelanosis is also a common skin disorder that causes circular areas of pigmentation on the body.
While neither condition causes the burning Davidson described, Dr Altchek theorized why this could be the case.
‘There could be outside factors that could be promoting or fostering it,’ he said, such as something Davidson is putting on the skin that she doesn’t realize is causing a flare-up.
Both agree that if anyone experiences any skin abnormalities, they should immediately visit a board certified dermatologist.
Davidson did not immediately return DailyMail.com’s request for comment.