What are Albinism Symptoms?
Albinism is often, broadly categorized in two major forms. One is the oculocutaneous albinism and the other one is ocular albinism. Oculocutaneous albinism symptoms are apparent on the hair color, skin color, eye color and vision of the affected person. Lack of pigment or low pigment tend to make the skin color light and pale. In some people, the skin pigmentation remains the same throughout their life. While in others, production of melanin may start in the childhood or adolescence. Thus change in pigmentation occurs and their skin color will be no longer be milky white. When exposed to sun, the light skin is likely to get a bit of tan and freckles of various sizes and skin moles may develop on the surface of the skin. Lack of pigmentation change the hair color to brown or white. Those who are from African or Asian descent may get slightly different hair colors that may range from yellow to red to brown. The color of the eyes of people with albinism often change with age and it may va
