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
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Essential Measures Required for Treating Vitiligo
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
