Follicular vitiligo: the present clinical status

Abstract

Vitiligo is a common autoimmune inflammatory disease where there is damage to the basal melanocytes of the epidermis. Hair follicles are the main reservoir of the melanocytes, and melanocytes stem cells, and these cells will supply the melanocytes for the basal layer of the epidermis when these cells are lost. But when these follicular melanocytes are damaged, this will cause follicular vitiligo either in a form gray/white hair or in form of follicular leukoderma. Although follicular vitiligo is not uncommon variant of vitiligo but rarely discussed and classified.

Keywords

• Follicular vitiligo; Follicular leukoderma; Follicular pigmentation