What is the reason that pubic hair turns white? Melanocytes are destroyed

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Part of the pubic hair in the private part turns white, mainly on both sides of the labia, and there is an increasing trend. What's the reason?

What is the reason that pubic hair turns white? Melanocytes are destroyed

First: this case belongs to white lesions of vulva. There are many types of white lesions of vulva. According to the disease information you provide, vitiligo of vulva is the most likely.

Second: Vulvar vitiligo is due to the destruction of melanin cells, due to the destruction of melanin cells between hair follicles, resulting in white skin lesions, hair can also be white. In addition to vulvar vitiligo, other parts of the body can also appear skin whitening area, but can also be limited to the vulva.

Third: as for why melanocytes are destroyed, there is no clear etiological explanation in the medical community. In addition, there are several types of white lesions of vulva, such as proliferative type, lichen sclerosus type and mixed type.

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In addition to pudendal skin whitening, these types are accompanied by varying degrees of pruritus, skin thickening or thinning, and loss of elasticity. Atypical hyperplasia occurs in 5% - 10% of proliferative and mixed lesions. Atypical hyperplasia is an abnormal hyperplasia of epithelial cells, which may lead to canceration. There is no special clinical manifestation. Local biopsy is the only diagnostic method.