Vitiligo Symptoms Pictures

        The main vitiligo symptoms are the appearance of white spots with well-defined edges. Although any region of the body can be affected by vitiligo, depigmentation can occur mainly in:

• On the genital organs
• The axilla
• On sun-exposed areas: hands, feet, face and lips
• The areas subjected to friction (knee)

       Observe here some vitiligo symptoms pictures to see the places more affected of this condition.

Vitiligo symptoms pictures

       A female preponderance was reported, but it is not statistically significant. Vitiligo symptoms can occur anytime from birth to senescence, although the onset is observed between 10 to 30 years. It is rarely seen in children or elderly. Almost all cases of vitiligo are gained during adolescence. Average age of the disease's onset is 20 years.

       The most common form of vitiligo includes macules or spots surrounded by healthy skin. Macules are milky and well-defined lesions. Injuries are not obvious to white people, yet are distinguished by Wood's lamp examination.

Physical examination in vitiligo

       Vitiligo symptoms manifest as macules or white spots hypopigmentated or acquired. Lesions are well demarcated, round, oval or linear form. The edges may be convex. Injuries range from mm to cm in diameter. The initial lesions occur most frequently on hands, feet and face with perioral and periocular distribution.

       The lesions may be localized or generalized, generalized form is more common. Localized vitiligo is limited to a general area with a segmental distribution. Generalized vitiligo symptoms involve more than one general area. In this situation the macules are found on both sides of the torso, symmetrical or asymmetrical.

       Areas most affected are the face, scalp and neck. Many areas of occurrence are areas with multiple traumas:

• Projections of bone, extensor surface of arms
• Ventral wais, dorsal hand, digital phalanges.

       Watch these vitiligo symptoms pictures to observe the areas of occurrence of the disease.

       Mucosal involvement is frequently observed in generalized vitiligo. Vitiligo occurs around the body orifices, mouth, genitals, gums, areole and nipples.

       Leucotrichia impairment loss is included in the macules of vitiligo. Vitiligo symptoms on the scalp appear as localized patches of white or gray hair, but the full depigmentation of the head may occur. Scalp involvement is frequently followed by the eyebrows, pubic and underarm hair. Leucotrichia indicates a negative prognosis towards repigmentation. Spontaneous repigmentation of the depigmented hair does not appear.

Clinical variants of vitiligo

       Tricrom vitiligo has an intermediate zone located between the center of hypochromic acromic and peripheral unaffected skin. The natural evolution of the hypopigmented areas is the progression to total depigmentation. It occurs in three colors: brown, tan and white in the same patient.

       Marginal inflammatory vitiligo symptoms shows a red border, which is high at the onset of vitiligo or may occur in a few months or years after the initial onset. A light itching may be present.

       Quadricrom vitiligo is another variation of vitiligo which reflects the presence of a fourth color (dark brown) to the place of repigmentation. It has also been described a case of vitiligo with five colors.

       Blue vitiligo causes the blue coloration of the vitiligo macules. This was observed in patients with post-inflamatory hyperpigmentation who developed vitiligo. Koebner phenomenon is defined as the development of vitiligo in areas traumatized as a cut, burn, abrasion. Minimum damage is necessary for the phenomenon to occur.

Classification of vitiligo

       The classification system is important because of the special importance of each type of vitiligo. The most widely used classification is localized, generalized and universal, based on distribution and on vitiligo symptoms:

Localized form:

• Focal-characterized by one or more macules placing one area, most commonly the trigeminal nerve distribution
• Segments is manifested as one or more macules in dermatom or quasidermatom occurs in children, shows white hair, this is not associated with autoimmune diseases
• Mucous membranes, are affected only the mucous menbranes.

Generalized form:

• Acrofacial, vitiligo symptoms: depigmentation occurs on distal fingers
• Vulgaris, characterized by patches distributed throughout corpult
• Mixed - acrofacial and vulgaris in combination, or segmental and acrofacial.