When you’re living with vitiligo, or caring for someone who is, the information out there can leave you feeling a bit confused. But we’ve got you covered. Learning about skin condition vitiligo is an ongoing journey as new information becomes available, but getting started with the basics can help you feel more confident in understanding the condition. In rare cases, it's possible for vitiligo to affect your whole body. This is known as universal vitiligo.
Vitiligo is a disease that causes patches of skin to lose their color, resulting in white spots( vitiligo spots). Learn about causes and treatmentwith our vitiligo app.
Anyone can get vitiligo condition , and it can develop at any age. However, for many people with vitiligo, the white patches on skin begin to appear before age 20, and can start in early childhood.
In vitiligo, the white patches on skin usually appear symmetrically on both sides of your body, such as on both hands or both knees. Sometimes, there can be a rapid loss of color or pigment and even cover a large area.
No treatments can cure vitiligo. For most people, the goal of treatment is to stop vitiligo from spreading and to bring color back to affected areas of skin. The existing treatments can help, but it is rare for them to reverse vitiligo and make it go away permanently.
Vitiligo is believed to be an autoimmune condition where a person’s own immune system attacks their body’s melanocytes (the cells responsible for our skin and hair color). When the melanocytes are destroyed, the pigment (color) in certain areas of the skin begins to disappear. Other potential factors might include having other autoimmune conditions or a family history of vitiligo. Sometimes, vitiligo may also be triggered by external events like physical or emotional stress.
Vitiligo is a skin condition that causes cosmetic changes to your skin. It doesn’t need treatment because it isn’t dangerous. But it’s common for vitiligo skin changes to affect self-esteem and make people feel insecure or uncomfortable.
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Vitiligo symptoms
vitiligo diagnostic and treatment
Vitiligo and skin cancer
How is Vitiligo diagnosed?
vitiligo causes
types of vitiligo
segmental vitiligo
vitiligo cure
Focal vitiligo
non segmental vitiligo ( nonsegmental vitiligo )
vitiligo surgery