Cause of Vitiligo and Leucoderma

White spots on skin appears suddenly without any previous signs and symptoms in most of the cases. Its sudden appearance on skin causes panic on the sufferer’s mind. Such spots are termed Vitiligo spots.

 Cause of Vitiligo is mostly related to food habits, hygiene, lifestyle and mental health. Food combinations sometimes get wrong which can form toxins inside body and can harm immunity. Taking non vegetarian food with milk is an example of wrong food combination. Not maintaining the hygiene can also form toxins and can harm immunity.

Sudden and frequent change in climate condition or environment temperature can damage immunity system and could result into a state of ‘autoimmunity’. A stage in which the body’s defense system gets into self-destruction mode and starts to harm its own cells and tissues. In this condition the pigment producing cells ‘melanocytes’ gets destructed and stops melanin pigment production resulting into colour loss. The white spots forms as a result of skin fading. Regular stress, sudden traumatic experience can also form and aggravate a white spot.

Leucoderma occurs as a result of a cut, a burn or after a skin allergy caused due to chemicals like deodorants, perfume or others. But autoimmunity is also one of the associated reason behind Leucoderma.

Vitiligo treatment and Leucoderma is done best in Ayurveda as it treats the root cause.