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Vitiligo A Skin Disorder Causing White Spots
White spots or white patches on the skin can be caused by vitiligo an autoimmune skin disorder. These patches can become very large and can cause some people to feel embarrassed. Micheal Jackson is said to suffer from this skin disorder.
As a child, I remember seeing patches of white skin on my aunt's arm and hands. They didn't seem to cause her any pain and posed no danger to her health. She wore long sleeves to protect her arm from the sun as she was extremely fair and got sunburned easily.
This Video Gives an Overall View of Vitiligo
What is Vitiligo?
It is a skin disorder.
Irregular white spots and patches can be seen on the skin.
The skin texture is normal.
White spots or patches can appear on any part of the body.
It's seen more often in exposed areas of our body.
Hair all over our body may turn prematurely gray.
Men and women can be affected by this skin disorder.
It can appear at any age.
It affects people of all races.
Causes of Vitiligo
Doctors don't know for sure what vitiligo is.
The cause is not positively certain.
Some researchers think that it's a type of autoimmune disorder (a disease in which our immune system attacks other parts of our body). They think the body sees the pigment cells in the skin as foreign bodies that need to be destroyed.
This skin disorder may be caused by stress, an injury, or
severe sunburns.
Treatment for Vitiligo
camouflage with makeup
prescription - steroids
surgery
alternate medicine
Vitiligo can cause white spots or patches to appear on the skin. Although this skin disorder is not contagious or precancerous and poses no other treat to our health, it can still cause much mental anguish. The thing to remember is that beauty also comes from within as well as from outside.
