Vitiligo is the best known disorder internationally of a lack of pigmentation in the skin, but there are many others, with different causations and effects; this comprehensive text from international experts will enable clinicians to diagnose these conditions and siuggest the most effective management options for their patients.

1. Basic concepts of melanocyte biology. 2. Approach to hypopigmentation. 3. Historical review of vitiligo. 4. Epidemiology and classification of vitiligo. 5. Pathophysiology of vitiligo. 6. Segmental vitiligo. 7. Childhood versus post-childhood vitiligo. 8. Pharmacological therapy of vitiligo. 9. Surgical treatment of vitiligo. 10. Phototherapy and lasers in the treatment of vitiligo. 11. Emerging treatments for vitiligo. 12. Tuberous sclerosis complex. 13. Oculocutaneous albinism. 14. Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, Chediak-Chigasi syndrome, and Griscelli syndrome. 15. Piebaldism. 16. Waardenburg syndrome. 17. Alezzandrini syndrome, Margolis syndrome, Cross syndrome, and other rare genetic disorders. 18. Mosaic hypopigmentation. 19. Skin disorders causing post-inflammatory hypopigmentation. 20. Infectious and parasitic causes of hypopigmentation. 21. Melanoma leukoderma. 22. Halo nevi. 23. Drug-induced hypopigmentation. 24. Hypopigmentation from chemical and physical agents. 25. Guttate hypomelanosis and progressive hypomelanosis of the trunk (progressive macular hypomelanosis).