Vitiligo is a common skin disease where the skin develops areas that become colorless. It is a common skin problem, and millions of people in the world have vitiligo. It is slightly common skin condition and which take a long period of time to recovered in normal cases. Most often presence of vitiligo causes emotional distress specially, when it affects on the face and other skin parts which remain open.
Vitiligo is considered a skin condition, but really it is an auto immune disease.
Anomalous production of an antibody due to some abnormalities in your own defense system, is the major reason for the destruction of skin pigment producing cells melanocytes. First a pale mark appear which is difficult to observe, in the beginning most often patient himself could not distinguish it easily. After some time it becomes whiter with passage of time as destruction of melanocytes continues on the skin area. Size of these white spots gradually increases and some time two small spots join to make a larger one.
There are different ways vitiligo disease can start. About in 20% sufferers getting vitiligo tendency is inherited. Most of the patient get it at 20.
Emotional stress due to the cosmetic appearance in also considered as an trigger of this skin disorder. Like psoriasis and some other skin conditions, vitiligo does not show the tendency to come and go over time.
White marks of depigmentation may occur due to the environmental change, like the an increase in the ratio of uv rays in sunlight. Because severe sun burning or prolong exposure to sun is also a sound cause of this skin disease. UV radiation are very energetic rays when strike skin surface can causes burning in the skin and damage skin cells.
Vitiligo disease has a trend to be worst in those with other auto immune disorder like Thyroid.
Segmental pattern vitiligo is the most common form of the vitiligo disease. Vitiligo is not an infectious or transmittable skin disease. Though it may run in families.
