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Segmental Vitiligo

2017-08-28 17:24:02
My fiance has segmental vitiligo and those are very small 2 spots which with the help of medication are repigmenting. I want to confirm whether after successful repigmentation are there any chances that vitiligo will reoccur in future?
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Vitilligo is a genetic disorder caused due to loss melanocytes responsible for skin pigmentation.
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Vitiligo has high chances of recurrence throughout life.Also its important to rule out various autoimmune disease which occur commonly along with vitiligo.

Answered2017-08-31 06:32:29

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