Vitiligo

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Vitiligo is a disfiguring skin condition in which white patches of variable size and shape appear on the skin in children or adults. They occur especially on the face, on the backs of the hands, in the armpits and around the anus.

In white people, in winter, vitiligo may be almost invisible, but in black people or tanned white people it is more noticeable.

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