This kind of lupus treatment mostly affects women from 18 to 50 years. The instances of men suffering from discoid lupus erythematosus are very rare. The racial factor seems to be decisive: the majority of patients are black American females and the indications are much much more extreme in their case. We cannot be certain about the real caconsumes of lupus but there are several chance factors like the hormone components (such as estrogen excess), genetic factors and environmental realityors (antibiotic long term treatment). The genetic factors have a particularly increased influence on the apparition of discoid lupus erythematosus compared to the various lupus forms..