| The key characteristics of piebaldism include localized poliosis, congenital leukoderma, and other variable manifestations. |
| It's called vitiligo, or leukoderma, and it is either an autoimmune disease where the body attacks the skin cells that produce pigment, or a genetic problem. |
| The leukoderma is based on a decrease of melanin in mclunocytes or disappearance of melanocytes at the dermal-epidermal junction. |
