Vitiligo Classification || Classification of Vitiligo || Types of Vitiligo

Vitiligo disease || types of Vitiligo disease

According to the distribution and extent of lesions, vitiligo can be divided into either generalized or localized types. The localized type is further subdivided into focal, segmental, and mucosal subtypes, while the generalized type is subdivided into acrofacial, vulgaris, and universal subtypes. Based on whether vitiligo lesions cross the midline or not, vitiligo can be classified into non-segmental, segmental, and mixed types. Non-segmental vitiligo and segmental vitiligo have distinctive clinical features and natural histories. Acrofacial vitiligo encompasses depigmentation of the distal parts of the extremities and facial orifices, the latter in a circumferential pattern. Inflammatory vitiligo, an unusual, rare variant of vitiligo has an erythematous, raised rim at the periphery of the hypopigmented or depigmented patch.