Vitiligo is a loss of skin pigment that causes white spots or patches to appear on the skin. The patches appear when melanocytes within the skin die off. Melanocytes are the cells responsible for producing the skin pigment, melanin, which gives skin its color and protects it from the sun's UV rays. It is hard to predict whether the patches will spread, and by how much. The spread might take weeks, or the patches might remain stable for months or years.
The extent and rate of color loss from vitiligo is unpredictable. It can affect the skin on any part of your body. It may also affect hair and the inside of the mouth. It's not medically dangerous, but it can affect a person's appearance. Although vitiligo affects all races equally, it's more noticeable in dark-skinned people.
- Vitiligo signs include:
- Patchy loss of skin color
- Premature whitening or graying of the hair on your scalp, eyelashes, eyebrows or beard
- Loss of color in the tissues that line the inside of your mouth and nose (mucous membranes)
- Loss of or change in color of the inner layer of the eyeball (retina)
Vitiligo treatment may help to stop or slow the discoloring process and return some color to your skin. And for this treatment the only Dermatologist who can help you with your all queries and problems is Dr.ManishaBindal at Bindals Clinic.
