What is Vitiligo?
{{About||the album|Vitiligo (album){{!}}''Vitiligo'' (album)}} {{Distinguish|Vertigo}} {{Infobox medical condition (new) | name = Vitiligo | image = Vitiligo2.JPG | caption = Non-segmental vitiligo of the hand | field = [[Dermatology]] [[Immunology]] | pronounce = {{IPAc-en|ˌ|v|ɪ|t|ᵻ|ˈ|l|aɪ|ɡ|oʊ}} | symptoms = Patches of [[depigmentation|white skin]]<ref name=Andrew2020/> | complications = | onset = Childhood, young adult<ref name=Andrew2020/> | duration = Long term<ref name=Andrew2020/> | causes = Unknown<ref name=Lancet2016/> | risks = Family history, other [[autoimmune diseases]]<ref name=NIH2014>{{cite web|title=Questions and Answers about Vitiligo|url=http://www.niams.nih.gov/health_info/Vitiligo/default.asp|website=NIAMS|access-date=11 August 2016|date=June 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821083604/http://niams.nih.gov/health_info/Vitiligo/default.asp|archive-date=21 August 2016}}</ref> | diagnosis = [[Tissue biopsy]]<ref name=NIH2014/> | differential = | prevention = | treatment = [[Sunscreen]], [[makeup]], topical [[corticosteroid]]s, [[phototherapy]]<ref name=Lancet2016/><ref name=NIH2014/> | medication = | prognosis = | frequency = 1% of people<ref name=Wh2016>{{cite journal|last1=Whitton|first1=M|last2=Pinart|first2=M|last3=Batchelor|first3=JM|last4=Leonardi-Bee|first4=J|last5=Gonzalez|first5=U|last6=Jiyad|first6=Z|last7=Eleftheriadou|first7=V|last8=Ezzedine|first8=K|title=Evidence-based management of vitiligo: summary of a Cochrane systematic review.|journal=The British Journal of Dermatology|date=May 2016|volume=174|issue=5|pages=962–69|pmid=26686510|doi=10.1111/bjd.14356|s2cid=38560830}}</ref> | deaths = }} [[File:Vitiligo03.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A young woman with vitiligo]] '''Vitiligo''' is a long term condition which causes white patches to develop on the skin. It can affect any area of skin, but it commonly happens on th