Vitiligo Initial Symptoms

Vitiligo is an acquired disease of the skin and mucous membranes with loss of pigmentation, which often causes lightening of skin color, white patches and white hair in the early stages. Vitiligo is caused by the death of melanocytes or the cessation of melanin production, resulting in pigment loss. At the beginning, it may only manifest as localized lightening of the skin, or white patches with complete loss of pigment. There is no itching or other accompanying symptoms. As the area of the white patches expands, the pigment loss becomes more and more severe. Therefore, most of the early symptoms of vitiligo patients are skin and mucous membrane whitening, some patients will be accompanied by hair whitening, a very small number of patients in the early stage of the onset of the white spots will appear a slight erythema flaking and accompanied by itching, known as inflammatory vitiligo. When the above symptoms appear, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time, follow the doctor’s instructions for further examination, with the help of the doctor to clarify the cause, and targeted treatment or treatment.