Question: Would any of you know why I've lost all the pigment in the inside of my elbows?

Vicky Young answered on 18 Mar 2012:

Well I’m not a doctor so its not a diagnosis… but there is a condition called vitiligo that can cause you to loose small patches of pigment on your skin. It occurs when melanocytes, the cells responsible for skin pigmentation, die or are unable to function. We sill don’t know what causes vitiligo but it might be due to immune cells attacking the melanocytes or due to a virus or it might even be genetic. Its nothing to really worry about from what I know – you just lose the pigment that’s all.

My friend Donald (HI Donald) has half a white eyebrow due to this. Half his eyebrow turned white overnight and its been white ever since.