Vitiligo Symptoms
- Patchy loss of skin color, which usually first appears on the hands, face, and areas around body openings and the genitals.
- 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)
Vitiligo Causes
- An autoimmune disorder, in which the immune system becomes overactive and destroys the melanocytes.
- Genetic oxidative stress imbalance.
- Stressful event.
- Harm to the skin due to a critical sunburn or cut.
- Exposure to some chemicals.
- Neural cause.
- Heredity, as it may run in families.
- Virus
