Medical question... hypopigmentation or vitiligo... help!!!!!!?

my dad has itchy hypo pigmentation spots on his arm and is afraid to go to the doctor... he's also afraid it might be vitiligo. the spots have not loss all pigmentation they just got lighter, and they are slightly shiny... any guesses to what it might be... not substituting yahoo for medical advice but he has a profession that puts him in front of people on a regular basis and he's stressing out about what it might but is afraid of getting bad news from the doctor!

thats what i told him... he was tooo old to just be seeing it now!

Well, my brother has vitiligo. Usually this hits during childhood, not adulthood. If its itching then a doctor needs to check it out.

It very possibly might be Vitiligo and unfortunately there is no cure.

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