Vitiligo is an acquired depigmentation of skin melanoma.

白癜风是一种后天性黑色素脱失性皮肤病。

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In fact, a vitiligo expert stated that with the total loss of melanocytes (depigmentation), it would be virtually impossible to get melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer.

实事上，白癜风专家指出黑色素细胞的缺失(脱色)使人不再可能患黑色素瘤，而黑色素瘤是最严重的一种皮肤癌。

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The depigmentation generally occurs as a gradual lightening of the skin, not as new spots of vitiligo.

通常情况下，脱色时皮肤会逐渐变白，而不是象白癜风一样出现新的白斑。

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