What are the symptoms of vitiligo

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Many people lack of understanding of vitiligo, with a different vision of patients with vitiligo, to avoid patients, which caused serious physical and mental damage to patients, the following follow me to understand the symptoms of vitiligo.

What are the symptoms of vitiligo

First: white spots all over the body, white spots connected into a piece. Early vitiligo patients with white spots are often a single, small area of existence, and late vitiligo white spots gradually connected into a piece of, adjacent white spots together. Leukoplakia can spread all over the body, this symptom is mainly the late symptoms of generalized vitiligo. Leukoplakia area covers more than 50% of the total body area, distributed in many parts of the body, the treatment is difficult.

Second: the color of white spots is dark, usually cloud white or porcelain white. Vitiligo's white spot color will gradually deepen with the development of the disease, initially light white or milky white, with the damage of melanin cells in the lesions more and more serious, melanin synthesis less and less, white spots will develop from light white or milky white to deeper.

Third: the white spot color and the normal skin boundary is obvious. In the early stage of vitiligo, the color of white spots is lighter, and some even can not be distinguished by naked eyes, so the boundary between vitiligo and normal skin is not obvious. In the late stage of vitiligo, the pigment at the edge of the skin lesions will be significantly deepened, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding normal skin, and the white spots are very obvious.

matters needing attention

Avoid using whitening cosmetics, avoid taking vitamin C drugs, and eat less tomatoes. If the lesions can be found early, they should be treated as soon as possible. After a short period of regular diagnosis and treatment, they can generally return to normal skin.