Skin Pigment Condition. Vitiligo can affect any area of skin but it commonly happens on the face neck and hands and in skin creases. This happens when melanocytes are destroyed by the bodys immune system.
Vitiligo is a condition that causes patchy loss of skin coloring pigmentation. Its caused by the lack of melanin which is the pigment in skin. Vitiligo is a cosmetic skin condition that causes the skin to lose its pigment in different places on the body.
This happens when melanocytes are destroyed by the bodys immune system.
In addition hair on these regions of skin can also lose pigment and appear white. Its caused by the lack of melanin which is the pigment in skin. Hyperpigmentation is a condition that causes skin to darken. Some skin diseases and conditions result in generalised or localised hyperpigmentation increased skin colour hypermelanosis hypopigmentation reduced skin colour hypomelanosis or depigmentation absent skin colour leukoderma.