Did you notice the change in Michael Jackson's skin tone over time? Michael Jackson was a music legend who suffered from Vitiligo. Vitiligo is a skin disease that changes skin tone in some parts of the body. In fact, globally, one person out of one hundred is suffering from Vitiligo. (1)This skin condition similarly occurs with both males and females at any age. Specially, between 10 to 30 years, Vitiligo often evolves. (2,3) Vitiligo is common skin condition that has very noticeable symptoms to recognize and many different causes to avoid; however, there are variety of effective ways available to treat it.
Vitiligo is an autoimmune, genetic, and dermatological disease that is caused by loss of pigmentation. In addition, there …show more content…
As a result, the attached parts of the body will appear white, without color. Moreover, Vitiligo is a genetic disease, yet it is not contagious. (1,3)
Vitiligo does not cause pain, but it seems to influence social and psychological state of the patients. Vitiligo sufferers experience shame and discouragement of being different since the society hardily accept any different one.
In general, Vitiligo symptoms are indications that are caused by Vitiligo. There are some noticeable physical symptoms can be observed in patients with Vitiligo that appear on different parts of the body. The first symptom is the appearance of white patches on
the skin. Usually, the white patches similarly appear on both sides of the body. The second symptom is the hair color on the white patches, will be white also.(1) In fact,
Vitiligo is a progressive disease that may take years of development, or it may be constant, without any new patches. (3) Actually, what cause these symptoms?
Vitiligo causes are the factors that exist in such a way that Vitiligo occurs as a result of them. Some of the most critical factors that cause Vitiligo are heredity, …show more content…
By understanding those causes, the treatments can be discovered.
Treatments are a therapies or remedies that combat the disease in the patients. There is no cure for Vitiligo nowadays; still there are many various ways to treat Vitiligo. In other words, Vitiligo patients can use treatments to help control the disease, but they may have Vitiligo again. Patients who need or hope treating from Vitiligo can choose the best suitable way depending on their conditions.
First, Vitiligo is treated by applying steroid cream for three months approximately. This cream prevents white patches from developing to bigger ones. The second way to treat
Vitiligo is repigmentation by using UV light. PUVA ( Psoralen, a special medicine that makes the skin very sensitive to light, and Ultraviolet A Light) and Narrowband UVB
Phototherapy are two different ways of Repigmentation. (4) Next, depigmentation is another way to treat Vitiligo. Patients who have more than 50% Vitiligo patches in their skin use this method. Finally, grafting is a low efficiency way of treatment. This is, when the normal skin grafts the small patches of Vitiligo. (1) Indeed, all these ways aim to
Vitiligo is an autoimmune, genetic, and dermatological disease that is caused by loss of pigmentation. In addition, there …show more content…
As a result, the attached parts of the body will appear white, without color. Moreover, Vitiligo is a genetic disease, yet it is not contagious. (1,3)
Vitiligo does not cause pain, but it seems to influence social and psychological state of the patients. Vitiligo sufferers experience shame and discouragement of being different since the society hardily accept any different one.
In general, Vitiligo symptoms are indications that are caused by Vitiligo. There are some noticeable physical symptoms can be observed in patients with Vitiligo that appear on different parts of the body. The first symptom is the appearance of white patches on
the skin. Usually, the white patches similarly appear on both sides of the body. The second symptom is the hair color on the white patches, will be white also.(1) In fact,
Vitiligo is a progressive disease that may take years of development, or it may be constant, without any new patches. (3) Actually, what cause these symptoms?
Vitiligo causes are the factors that exist in such a way that Vitiligo occurs as a result of them. Some of the most critical factors that cause Vitiligo are heredity, …show more content…
By understanding those causes, the treatments can be discovered.
Treatments are a therapies or remedies that combat the disease in the patients. There is no cure for Vitiligo nowadays; still there are many various ways to treat Vitiligo. In other words, Vitiligo patients can use treatments to help control the disease, but they may have Vitiligo again. Patients who need or hope treating from Vitiligo can choose the best suitable way depending on their conditions.
First, Vitiligo is treated by applying steroid cream for three months approximately. This cream prevents white patches from developing to bigger ones. The second way to treat
Vitiligo is repigmentation by using UV light. PUVA ( Psoralen, a special medicine that makes the skin very sensitive to light, and Ultraviolet A Light) and Narrowband UVB
Phototherapy are two different ways of Repigmentation. (4) Next, depigmentation is another way to treat Vitiligo. Patients who have more than 50% Vitiligo patches in their skin use this method. Finally, grafting is a low efficiency way of treatment. This is, when the normal skin grafts the small patches of Vitiligo. (1) Indeed, all these ways aim to