Vitiligo is a condition characterized by a loss of pigment (melanin), which results in the most common symptom: white or ...

Ever noticed those white patches on someone’s skin and wondered what that is? That’s vitiligo, a skin condition that’s more common than you might think. It happens when the skin loses its ...

Vitiligo occurs when the immune system turns on melanocytes, the cells responsible for making the dark pigment melanin. Though the disease can affect anyone, its characteristic white skin patches ...

El-Nazer, who is a former head of the National Research Institute, explained that vitiligo is a chronic autoimmune condition that causes patches of skin to lose pigment and turn milky white.

Vitiligo is believed to be an autoimmune condition where the body attacks its own healthy melanin-producing skin cells by mistake. It may be hereditary or triggered by a particular event like ...

Vitiligo causes patches of skin with lost pigment, but it can also raise your risk of eye and skin damage from UV rays. Find out how new and old treatments may work for your vitiligo.

Incyte is preparing to take an oral JAK inhibitor into phase 3 trials for the skin depigmentation disease vitiligo, after reporting mid-stage data showing efficacy in patients with facial and full ...

The now 25-year-old photographer and model was diagnosed with Vitiligo – an autoimmune condition characterised by formation of white or light patches on the skin. “This came as a surprise ...

If approved, Opzelura would provide an alternative to steroid drugs currently used to treat vitiligo, a chronic autoimmune disease that causes depigmentation of skin and affects around 1.5 million ...