DISCUSSION The purpose of this study was to compare prepubertal and postpubertal vitiligo in clinical and epidemiologic settings. In our study, a female gender preference was noted for prepubertal vitiligo. Other studies also report a female preponderance of 57%5-7 to 63%,3 and in our study, this percentage was even higher (66%). Other studies express equal numbers of patients for both genders.3,5 Whether girls are overrepresented in childhood, compared with late-onset vitiligo, is also ambiguous. We found a significant difference in the female:male ratio between prepubertal and postpubertal vitiligo. Childhood vitiligo was reported to vary from adults by