Vitiligo is a condition that affects skin pigmentation and results in loss of normal skin color through the destruction of melanocytes. It affects people of all races and around 1/3 of patients have a family history of vitiligo. The average age of onset is 20 years. While the specific causes are unknown, vitiligo is thought to be an autoimmune condition. Symptoms include patches of lighter skin on areas such as the face, hands and feet that are usually not itchy or scaly.

1. Vitiligo

2. 10 Facts about
Vitiligo
Dr Miriam Kinai
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3. 1. Vitiligo is a condition
which affects the skin’s
pigmentation and
results in loss of the
normal skin color.
2. Vitiligo affects
people of all races.

4. 3. Around 1/3 of
patients with vitiligo
have family members
with the same
condition.
4. The average age of
onset of vitiligo is 20
years.

5. 5. The specific causes
of vitiligo are unknown.
6. But, vitiligo is
thought to be caused
by an autoimmune
process which destroys
the melanocytes.

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7. 7. Symptoms of vitiligo
include patches of skin
which have become
lighter than the
surrounding areas.
8. The white spots on
the skin of vitiligo are
usually not itchy or
scaly.

8. 9. Sun exposed areas
such as the face and
hands and feet are
usually the first ones to
loose their color.
10. Vitiligo also
develops at the sites of
trauma such as cuts.
This is called the

9. Adapted from Vitiligo
by Dr Miriam Kinai
which teaches about
this common skin
disease.
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10. Dark Skin Dermatology
Color Atlas
by Dr Miriam Kinai
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