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Vitiligo is a disease that causes loss of skin color in patches. The discolored areas usually get bigger with time. The condition can affect the skin on any part of the body. It can also affect hair and the inside of the mouth. Vitiligo occurs when cells that produce melanin die or stop functioning.
Of course white people have vitiligo. I developed vitiligo when I was 12, I became so uncomfortable cos my friends would laugh at me in school. So, I started applying my mom’s makeup around my mouth and ear region whenever I’m going to school, and I hid it from my mom for like a year. When she got to know about the white patches—it already became so visible then— so I started treatment. I still have discoloration around my mouth, which is from the vitiligo.
Yes. I see it regularly. It just isn’t obvious in very light skin, unless people get a lot of sun. Anyone can develop vitiligo irrespective of the skin colour, it is only more obvious and visible on the black/brown skin compared to the whites.