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What is vitiligo? Vitiligo (pronounced “vit-il-EYE-go”) is a skin condition that causes your skin to lose its color or pigment. This causes your skin to appear lighter than your natural skin tone or turn white.
Vitiligo occurs when cells that produce melanin die or stop functioning. Vitiligo affects people of all skin types, but it may be more noticeable in people with brown or Black skin. The condition is not life-threateni...
Extreme cases of vitiligo, to the extent that little pigmented skin remains, are referred to as vitiligo universalis. NSV can occur at any age (unlike segmental vitiligo, which is far more prevalent in teenage years).
Vitiligo is a chronic (long-lasting) autoimmune disorder that causes patches of skin to lose pigment or color. This happens when melanocytes – skin cells that make pigment – are attacked and destroyed, causing the ski...
Vitiligo is an acquired, chronic, depigmenting disorder of the skin, in which pigment-producing cells are progressively lost. Images below depict various presentations.
Vitiligo is a disease that causes spots and patches of lighter skin. Treatment may restore lost skin color.
Vitiligo is a long-lasting condition that causes a loss of color in patches on the skin. It happens when the body's immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys the skin cells that make color or...
