Is the onset of vitiligo related to age and gender?

Is the onset of vitiligo related to age and gender?

There is no age limit for the onset of vitiligo, which can also occur in children. The incidence of vitiligo increases with age. The onset age of vitiligo patients with family history is earlier than that of patients without family history. Segmental vitiligo often occurs in children vitiligo patients. Segmental vitiligo occurs more often in children vitiligo patients than in non-segmental vitiligo patients. In general, vitiligo is easier to have in female than male. The main reason for this phenomenon is that female develop early, coupled with some subtle changes in the endocrine system during development, and endocrine disorders are common factors inducing vitiligo.

Many women often use cosmetics, but cosmetics do harm to people's skin. Especially some unqualified products are easy to make skin aging, pore blockage, skin inflammation, which is also likely to induce vitiligo. Compared with men, women pay more attention to their appearance than men, after suffering from vitiligo, the proportion of women who go to the hospital is higher, which makes the proportion of women’s incidence appear to be higher than men’s.

In conclusion, the onset age of female vitiligo patients is earlier than male vitiligo patients’. However, due to different population distribution in different regions, the number of male patients with vitiligo in some areas is also more than that of female patients