Vitiligo is an immune disorder which normally gives an unpleasant look to the skin and produced somewhat flat and irregular milky white sports in it .These patches can’t be felt with a finger, and develop due to the lack of melanin (a pigment producing cell) in the skin. Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2009
Vitiligo and Who It Affects: A Summary (Part 1)
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Vitiligo a Social Stigma
A vitiligo person can cope with this skin problem by just taking self-care, using sunscreen and applying camouflage creams. People with fair-skinned, should avoid from tanning, as it would make the white patches almost unnoticeable. Continue reading
Posted in Vitiligo Treatment
Essential Measures Required for Treating Vitiligo
Vitiligo is an immune disorder, which produce milky white sports in the skin due to the lack of melanin. It is a very common skin abnormality that does not show any significant difference in its occurrence as regards gender, race or age. It can be easily observed in 1 to 2% of the general human population. Continue reading
Skin Color and Diseases that Cause its Loss
Skin is the largest organ in human body. It is made up of two main layers which are further divided into sub layers. Continue reading
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Tagged epidermis, Leprosy, Nevus depigmentosus, Pityriasis Alba, Pityriasis Versicolor, secondary leucoderma, Vitiligo
Burden of vitiligo and other skin Diseases
Skin has a very complicated and an extraordinary structure. It gets damaged frequently, when it came in direct with sun light or UV radiations and victimized by several skin problems. Recently, skin diseases have become very common health problem for the whole population. There are almost 73% of human beings that are troubled by different forms of skin disease and are busy in seeking some appropriate treatments for them.
Hypo-Pigmentation
This hypo pigmentation disorder includes many disorders with color loss, the most famous is vitiligo. Continue reading
Skin types and Vitiligo
There are basically six main types of skin on the bases of the amount of melanin (a pigment producing skin cell, which is also involved in skin protection from the sun light and UV exposure). A person with certain skin types shows different risk to cancer and burning with UV or sun exposure. Thus, dermatologists generally classified skin types into following six categories on the bases of its tendency to burn. Continue reading
Treating vitiligo with Epidermal Sheet Grafts
No doubt, our dermatologists are trying hard in order to find a better solution for coping with vitiligo. But in spite a lot of advancement in medical science; vitiligo is becoming a challenge for dermatologist as; it is extremely resistant to treat. Continue reading
Treating Vitiligo with PUVA vs Narrowband UVB
Phototherapy for the treatment of vitiligo usually employs the sunlight and natural psoralen for thousands of years. Still today; it is a first-line treatment for vitiligo. Although, these treatments are working well, but there is always a fear that, the white patches may return and spread more widely than before. That is way; dermatologists are busy in evaluating the new approach for treating this skin disorder. Continue reading
New Research Of University of Cincinnati (UC) for vitiligo treatment
The University of Cincinnati and Tokyo Medical University have recently made an important discovery toward the manipulating skin tone and color, in the quest of, a timeless healthier and younger looking skin.
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