Why are Teenagers at a High Incidence of Vitiligo?

In recent years, there are more and more adolescents suffer from vitiligo, after investigation and research, people found that compared to adults, adolescents are more likely to suffer from vitiligo, why?

The first is the environmental factor. In recent years, environmental pollution is becoming more and more serious, the skin of teenagers is very harmful, and food pollution, many teenagers like to eat snacks, and long-term consumption of food containing a lot of food additives, will lead to serious malnutrition, and then affect the synthesis of melanin, inducing vitiligo.

The second, trauma factor, trauma is a very important reason to induce adolescent vitiligo, adolescent children like playing for a long time, and often easy to cause wounds on the skin, if the wound treatment is not timely, it is likely to cause inflammation, and even lead to the appearance of white patches.

The third, genetic factor, vitiligo has a certain heredity, if the family has vitiligo patients, then in the family of teenagers compared to ordinary family people, the probability of vitiligo will be higher.

The fourth is psychological factors, adolescents are in the growth and development transitional period, prone to a variety of psychological problems, long-term mental injury, depression, and mood swings, which will lead to endocrine disorders in adolescents, and then affect the body's functions, affecting the formation of melanin, increasing the chances of vitiligo.

And the fifth is an irregular life style. With the popularity of electronic products, many teenagers after classes, computers, and cell phones have become their main companions, and even some teenagers frequently stay up late, irregular work and rest not only affect the body but also may make endocrine and immune dysfunction: certain pathogenic factors lead to disorders in the body's immune function, endocrine function imbalance, the production of anti-melanocyte antibodies, resulting in melanocyte damage, loss, and morbidity.