What are the symptoms of vitiligo

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Cousin is a very concerned about their image, but recently she is very distressed, inexplicably long a lot of white spots on the skin, and these white spots have signs of spread, the doctor said that this is vitiligo, next I'll tell you the symptoms of vitiligo.

What are the symptoms of vitiligo

First, most of the white spots are from nails to coins, nearly round, oval or irregular in shape. There are also spot like spots of reduced color at the onset of the disease, most of them are prominent, and some of them are surrounded by pigmented bands. In a small number of cases, white spots mixed with follicular punctate pigment increase in value, and then can increase, expand and melt into each other to form an island. In addition to depigmentation, the affected area does not shrink or desquamate. The hair on white spots can lose pigment and become white, and some hair remains unchanged for a long time.

Second: the number of leukoplakia is variable, which can be limited to a certain part of the body or scattered in a certain nerve period. Few leukoplakia disappear spontaneously. Most cases usually gradually increase and expand, adjacent leukoplakia can blend with each other to form an irregular large area, and spread all over the body, such as map like; sometimes normal skin remains in the leukoplakia, which is mistaken for pigmentation, such as: occurring on the face, mistaken for chloasma.

Third: the prone parts of leukoplakia are the parts easily exposed to sunlight, such as face, neck, arm, back, leg, foot, etc.; the second is the conflict parts, such as the belt, bra belt or button pressing, etc.

matters needing attention

Vitiligo patients with skin common large white spots, can be distributed everywhere, especially exposed to the sun's body parts, in addition, often accompanied by signs of diffusion, patients often feel inferior, in fact, as long as we go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible, rehabilitation is not a problem.