Which department to see vitiligo

You can visit the dermatology department to see vitiligo, because vitiligo is an acquired disease of limited or generalized skin pigmentation loss caused by loss of melanocyte function in the skin, the exact cause of which is unknown. Vitiligo patients can develop white spots or patches, lesions can occur on any part of the body, mostly on the face, neck, back of the hands and other exposed, rubbed and folded areas. The white patches are surrounded by normal skin and the depigmented patches vary in size from a few millimeters to several centimeters. The progressive lesions can gradually expand and new depigmented patches appear continuously. In lighter skin tones, the white patches may not be obvious, but darker skin tones appear with contrasting colors. The early white spots are mostly light white and gradually develop into cloudy white, pure white and porcelain white. Some new white spots in the early stage of vitiligo have a slightly elevated inflammatory dark red line at the edge that can last for several weeks. There are more vitiligo treatment methods, including medication, phototherapy, melanocyte transplantation, autologous epidermal transplantation, depigmentation treatment, etc., and generally need to take a comprehensive treatment method according to the individual’s specific situation.