Hypopigmentation is the loss of skin color. It is caused by melanocyte or melanin depletion, or a decrease in the amino acid tyrosine, which is used by melanocytes to make melanin.

[edit] Associated conditions

It is seen in:

• albinism
• idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis
• leprosy
• leucism
• Phenylketonuria
• pityriasis alba
• vitiligo
• Angelman syndrome
• tinea versicolor

[edit] See also

• Hyperpigmentation

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