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Vitiligo : A rare skin tone

Vitiligo is a T cell mediated autoimmune disease in which your immune system starts attacking its own melanin cells and destroys them. In vitiligo white patches starts to appear on the different parts of body. It is a disease in which your immune system starts attacking its own cells mistakenly which results in depigmentation. Their are various types of vitiligo some are focal that appear on a specific areas of the body whereas some may affect different areas of the body. According to medical sources there is no specific cause of vitiligo but it can be due to genetics and family history, a stressful psychological event,the body's reaction by a virus,overexposure to the sun,or chemical exposures.There is no way to prevent or cure vitiligo it can just be controlled by some methods which can be chemical or natural.In chemical methods it includes various kinds of ointments that provide pigmentation to the skin slowly ,pills for vitiligo are also available in the market and surgical met...