What are the symptoms of Vitiligo?

There is small fraction on the right side of my face where the skin color is off from the rest of my skin color. A small patch is on my right eyebrow, and the hair has turned white on that patch. What do I do? Is it vitiligo?

1 answer to “What are the symptoms of Vitiligo?”

A: Probably Vitiligo

Arnold R. Oppenheim, MD

It is very difficult to make a diagnosis without seeing you , or having the benefit of a photograph. However, your mentioning that your hair turned white on a patch of the off color does conjure up vitiligo in my mind.    Certainly a moderate strength topical steroid, a Vitamin D analgoue such as... more

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