The initial symptoms of vitiligo in children are typically white patches on the head and neck and other parts of the body.
Vitiligo in children usually starts on the head and neck, and rarely involves the upper limbs. The initial stage can be in the unilateral appearance of a single typical skin lesion, that is, milky white or porcelain white color loss of pigmentation patches, usually for the border is clear round, oval or irregular, the local skin without atrophy, hardening and hypertrophy and other changes. There are often no self-conscious symptoms, and the progressive stage can be accompanied by a slight itching.
Vitiligo in children can be divided into segmental and non-segmental. Segmental type refers to the unilateral distribution of skin lesions along a nerve segment, compared to adults, its incidence in children is higher.