Fighting Vitiligo: Immune Warriors and Battle for Skin Pigmentation

  • Vitiligo is a chronic (long-lasting) autoimmune disorder that causes patches of skin to lose pigment or colour.
  • This happens when melanocytes – skin cells that make pigment – are attacked and destroyed, causing the skin to turn a milky-white colour.
  • Normally, the immune system works to fight viruses, bacteria, and infections throughout our body.
  • In people with autoimmune diseases, immune cells attack healthy tissues of the body.
  • People with Vitiligo are also more likely to develop other autoimmune ....
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