Vitiligo

1. Vitiligo that appears on only the face and hands.
2. Fighter cells in the body’s immune system.
5. The layer of skin where melanin is found.
7. The inner lining of the mouth and nose.
8. The pigment that colors skin.
12. Cells that identify foreign substances and attack them to protect the body.
14. The gene that regulates inflammation.
15. Vitiligo that affects only one part of the body.
16. Coloring or color
17. Vitiligo that affects many parts of the body, and sometimes appears symetrically.
18. A gene that creates proteins which controls the activity of T Cells.
19. Vitiligo that affects nearly all skin surfaces.

1. A disorder in which the body cannot tell what’s foreign and what’s part of the body, so it attacks normal body cells.
3. Places where bone is close to the skin.
4. Radiation from artificial light or the sun.
6. The body’s reaction to an injury in which fighter cells will be sent to attack germs, but will sometimes attack healthy cells, too.
9. An autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks melanocytes, which causes depigmentation.
10. Vitiligo that affects only a few parts or sections of skin.
11. The loss of pigment or lightening of skin.
13. The cell in the skin that creates melanin.