Dr. Sneha's Skin and Allergy Clinic

Vitiligo is a skin condition in which white spots appear on skin surface, this is result of loss of melanocytes in the skin. It is autoimmune disease in which body’s immune system mistakenly attack healthy cells producing skin pigments melanin which gives colour to the skin. There are lot of doubts relating to Vitiligo which makes home for misconceptions, so knowing the fact and exact cause is important. Some common myths and facts related to Vitiligo are: • Myth1: Eating specific food combination causes Vitiligo. Fact: Vitiligo is skin condition which is not affected by food, there are no specific food or combination of foods that causes Vitiligo. It’s a myth that eating milk over fish, eating white coloured food or certain citrus food causes Vitiligo, there is no scientific study proving the same. White Food/Citrus food and Vitiligo have no relation. • Myth 2: Vitiligo is communicable or contagious. Fact: Vitiligo does not spread through sharing utensils, cloth, shar...