1. Vitiligo

2. A disease that causes the loss of skin color in blotches
A disease that causes the loss of skin color in blotches. It can affect the skin on any part of your body. It can affect the hair, inside of the mouth and even the eyes.
Description

3. Scientific Description
Vitiligo occurs when the melanocytes die or stop producing melanin. It is located on the bottom layer of the epidermis
Scientific Description

4. Scientific Description

5. Pictures

6. Other Signs of symptoms
Milky white patches on skin
Loss of color on tissues inside the mouth
Loss of color in the inner layer of the eye
Premature whitening or graying
Other Signs of symptoms

7. Caused by a loss of pigment Melanocytes stop making melanin
Hereditary
Caused by a loss of pigment
Melanocytes stop making melanin
Causes

8. Vitiligo cannot be cured, but many treatments help to restore lost skin color.
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Psoralen (Medicine to restore color)
Surgery to remove affected skin cells
Cure

9. Whole body can lose pigments
Vitiligo can be fatal
Whole body can lose pigments
Worst Case Scenario

10. 2-3% of the population is affected
It can appear at any age
Vitiligo runs in some families and is genetic
Notable Case: Michael Jackson
Facts

11. http://www.mayoclinic.org/skin-layers- and-melanin/img-20007151
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