Vitiligo is an autoimmune condition that results in irregular white patches of skin. Learn how to prevent it from worsening. Vitiligo is a chronic medical condition that causes your skin to lose melanin, the pigment that gives color to your skin. Vitiligo can’t be prevented, and it has no known cure. However, there are ways to manage the symptoms of vitiligo and to
Girls and women with vitiligo can experience loss of pigmentation in and around the vagina. Learn why it happens and what helps with confidence. People with vitiligo usually lose skin pigment in patches. The depigmented, white patches may spread all over the body, or they may appear only in one area. This loss of pigmentation can happen in and around the vagina.Vitiligo is a chronic
Vitiligo Challenged Me to Rethink My Idea of Beauty
Irene Aninye shares her journey with vitiligo. This article is part of Health Divide: Skin Conditions and Darker Skin, a destination in our Health Divide series. Photo courtesy of Irene Aninye / Designed by Julie Bang / VerywellMeet the AuthorIrene Aninye, PhD, is an advocate and
Vitiligo is a condition that causes patches of skin to lose pigment. Learn more about the symptoms, types, causes, and treatment of this autoimmune disease.