Lupus can strike the persons from any age group but frequently women of childbearing years are it’s pray. The latter lupus form affects larger skin areas and causes hyper-pigmentation, scaling, exfoliation and crusting. Lupus Panniculitis, appears as deep nodules, shows lesions situated below the skin in the subcutaneous tissue, and it is known to heal with a deep atrophy of the involved area. There are many reasons why you will get a lupus rash outbreak. In case of the systemic lupus erythematous, a red lupus rash may develop across the cheeks and nose. They are extremely photosensitive and may become very itchy.