Vitiligo
Your skin starts to become less colored or pigmented due to vitiligo. Your skin becomes smooth with white, or pale, spots or macules. Usually, it starts on your face, feet, forearms, and hands. Vitiligo affects roughly 1% of people worldwide. Although treatment is not required, it is an option if you don't like how your skin tone has changed.
CAUSES:
Vitiligo is brought on by a shortage of melanin, the skin's pigment.
Here are other factors that can cause vitiligo, as listed below:
Autoimmune condition
Genetic changes
Stress
Environmental Triggers
TYPES:
Generalized:
A common type of vitiligo that can appear all over your body.
Segmental:
Only one side of your body or one particular part of your body, such as your hands or face, is affected by this kind of thing.
Mucosal:
Mucosal vitiligo can affect the mouth and/or vaginal mucous membranes.
Focal vitiligo:
a rare kind in which the macules only appear in a limited region and do not expand outward over the course of one to two years.
Trichome:
This kind creates a target with either a white or colorless center, then a lighter-pigmented region, or finally a toned portion of your skin.
Across the board:
This uncommon form of vitiligo results in more than 80% of your skin being pigment-free.
SIGNS & SYMPTOMS:
Vitiligo symptoms and signs include:
Epidermis or mucous membrane patches that have lost their color. These might have a whiter or paler appearance than your actual skin tone.
Your body begins to develop silver grey or white patches of hair.
VISIBILITY:
This disease's symptoms could be visible anywhere on your skin.
Hands.
Feet.
Arms.
Face.
Mucous membranes (inside of your mouth lips & nose).
Genitals (penis).
Should you consult with a dermatologist?
If you start noticing any kind of skin discoloration or pigmentation, contact a skin care expert without wasting any more time.