| Vitiligo is a non infectious disease. So it can not be | | | | (returning the color to) white patches, particularly if they |
| stopped as such with any therapy. Response of | | | | are applied in the initial stages of the disease. Psoralen |
| disease varies a lot. There are not special clinical | | | | photochemotherapy—also known as psoralen and |
| features. Vitiligo can cause severe psychological | | | | ultraviolet this is probably the most effective treatment |
| disturbance for patients, if there is face involvement. | | | | for vitiligo available in the United States. .Depigmentation |
| The disease more noticeable on dark skin. The course | | | | treatment involves fading the rest of the skin on the |
| of disease is very unpredictable some people will have | | | | body to match the areas that are already white. For |
| static condition of disease for many years but in other | | | | people who have vitiligo on more than 50 percent of |
| people it can speared rapidly in cases, the white | | | | their bodies, depigmentation may be the best |
| patches can have spontaneous repigmantation. This is | | | | treatment option. .Immunomodulator creams such as |
| very rare that Vitiligo reserves completely without any | | | | Protopic and Elidel also cause repigmentation in some |
| treatment. | | | | cases, when used with UVB Narrowband treatments. |
| Vitiligo is a common skin disease. The incidence of | | | | Vitiligo is neither rare nor common skin problem. It |
| Vitiligo is one in one hundred in developed countries. | | | | strikes at random and often causes great distress to |
| Male to female ratio is same. No specific ethnic | | | | its victims because it affects their general appearance. |
| tendency is seen. | | | | Some estimates indicate that 2% of the global |
| Vitiligo is a skin condition affecting the body's | | | | population across both genders suffers from vitiligo. |
| production of melanin in the skin, which causes white | | | | There are no racial or genetic differences that |
| patches of skin on the body. There is no known cure | | | | influence or prevent the risk of contracting vitiligo. |
| for vitiligo, but the symptoms may be treated using | | | | Though there is no confirmation about any age limits it |
| various methods. | | | | has been observed that most victims developed this |
| Another theory tells us that genes play an important | | | | problem before the age of 25 |
| role in Vitiligo. It has been noticed in people with | | | | We know milanocytes are not properly functioning, |
| autoimmune diseases like thyroid disease. Also in | | | | although some of them survive both in skin and have |
| people who have family members that suffered from | | | | follows in white patches. We do not know exact |
| Vitiligo. This theory also further strengthens the | | | | cause of this problem. Many theories exist, to explain |
| autoimmune theory. | | | | damage and loss of melanin pigment, the most popular |
| PUVA treatment (8-methoxypsoralen, | | | | is autoimmune theory which means our bodys own |
| 5-methoxypsoralen, trimethylpsoralen plus UVA) was | | | | immune system is having antibodies against pigment |
| often the most practical choice for treatment, | | | | cells. |
| especially in widespread vitiligo in patients.Patients who | | | | The choice of treatment depends on the severity of |
| have small areas of vitiligo with stable activity are | | | | the condition as well as patient preference, and is |
| candidates for surgical transplants.Punch biopsy | | | | aimed at restoring the pigmentation. If the area is small |
| specimens from a pigmented donor site are | | | | enough, tattooing is sometimes used to add color back |
| transplanted into depigmented sites. Topical steroid | | | | to the skin. Other situations may require skin grafting if |
| therapy steroid creams may be helpful in repigmenting | | | | the area affected is small enough. |