Vitiligo Disease

January 3, 2009

Pigmentation Loss of Skin

Filed under: Vitiligo, Pigmentation

A chronic skin condition  which is actually a depigmentation  in skin called Vitiligo.  
Vitiligo is a serious pigmentation disorder. A huge population is suffering from this skin condition that only in USA about influenced by pigmentation disorder.

Most of the people did not know more about the word pigmentation regarding skin.

Pigmentation Disorder:

A coloring producing process of our skin. In all pigmentation process a disturbance occurs in skin coloration and white or dark spots appear on skin. Pigmentation in skin normally of two type one is depigmentation and second one hyper-pigmentation. 
Depigmentation is characterized by the white spots on skin and skin condition Vitiligo also comes under the hood of depigmentation problems of skin.
Our skins upper layer epidermis contains skin cells called melanocytes which generate a substance coloring substance called melanin. If melanocytes produce a little amount of melanin it causes  light skin. In vitiligo white patches appear on skin.
 
Most of the hyper-pigmentation problems occurs due to the uv radiations. These rays cause aging of skin and  blood vessels  expand  and causes red coloration which become an age spots due the excessive production of melanin in it.
So excess of  melanin in skin causes darken. Hence melanin plays a vital role in the pigmentation problems.

Vitiligo Causes

Hereunder we mentioned some famous theories regarding Vitiligo causations.

 

1. Some critical changes in  immune system that lead to the destruction of melanocytes.
2. An abnormal functioning of some nerve cells that produce a toxic material which damage melanocytes.
3. Most energetic uv rays from sun or some other resources may destroy pigment producing cells and a depigmentation spots appear.
4. Due some toxic materials in human body a self destruction of  skin coloring cells take place.
5. Depigmentation problems often runs in family, mean involvement of genetic factor.

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