Vitiligo is a condition characterized by white spots and white patches on the skin. These white spots on skin are due to loss of pigment from areas of your skin. Vitiligo white patches is not medically dangerous, but it can affect a person's appearance.
• The main symptom of vitiligo is pigment loss. The loss of skin pigment results in flat, white spots or white patches on skin. It may vary from a single white spot to multiple spots. The first white patch usually develops where the skin has been exposed to the sun.
• Vitiligo white spots on skin can spread to all parts of the body, including hair, which can turn white or grey. The lack of melanin in your skin can turn the hair in the affected area white or grey, causing white hair or white eyelashes.
• The other symptoms of vitiligo includes affected retina of eye.
• Usually these white spots and patches are also reported appearing on the mucous membranes of the mouth and nose.
Although vitiligo symptoms (the white patches) can be appeared on any part of body, these skin white spots most commonly occurs on sun-exposed areas of the body, such as face, lips, hands, arms, and feet.
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Vitiligo Symptoms
The following are some common symptoms of vitiligo:• The main symptom of vitiligo is pigment loss. The loss of skin pigment results in flat, white spots or white patches on skin. It may vary from a single white spot to multiple spots. The first white patch usually develops where the skin has been exposed to the sun.
• Vitiligo white spots on skin can spread to all parts of the body, including hair, which can turn white or grey. The lack of melanin in your skin can turn the hair in the affected area white or grey, causing white hair or white eyelashes.
• The other symptoms of vitiligo includes affected retina of eye.
• Usually these white spots and patches are also reported appearing on the mucous membranes of the mouth and nose.
Will the Vitiligo Patches Spread Over Time?
Often the occurrence of white spots gradually grows and spread to cover larger patches of the body. For some people, vitiligo symptoms spread slowly, over many years. For other people, white patches on skin spread quickly. Sometimes a few small patches develop slowly and progress no further. If you have white patches affected only one area of your body, this condition may progress and symptoms will spread more rapidly to other areas of the body.Although vitiligo symptoms (the white patches) can be appeared on any part of body, these skin white spots most commonly occurs on sun-exposed areas of the body, such as face, lips, hands, arms, and feet.