Vitiligo - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic
WEBNov 10, 2022 · Treatment. The choice of treatment depends on your age, how much skin is involved and where, how quickly the disease is progressing, and how it's affecting your life. Medications and light-based therapies are available to help restore skin color or even out skin tone, though results vary and are unpredictable.
Vitiligo: Types, Symptoms, Causes, Treatment & Recovery
WEBNov 23, 2022 · If you have widespread vitiligo or your physical symptoms affect your emotional well-being, your healthcare provider can help you find a treatment option to create a uniform skin tone by either restoring color (repigmentation) or eliminating the remaining color (depigmentation) in your skin.
Vitiligo: Diagnosis and treatment - American Academy of Dermatology
WEBHow do dermatologists treat vitiligo? When treating vitiligo, board-certified dermatologists create a treatment plan with these goals in mind: Restore lost skin color. Stop the patches and spots from getting bigger. Prevent new spots from appearing. There is no one best treatment for vitiligo.
Vitiligo: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Steps to Take
WEBMar 2, 2021 · Treatment of Vitiligo. Your doctor may prescribe a medication that focuses on stopping the immune system from destroying the melanocytes and improving the skin’s appearance. In most cases, the goals of your treatment are to: Slow or stop the disease from progressing. Encourage the regrowth of melanocytes.
Vitiligo - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic
WEBFeb 1, 2024 · It can be stressful or make you feel bad about yourself. Treatment for vitiligo may restore color to the affected skin. But it doesn't prevent continued loss of skin color or a recurrence.
Vitiligo Treatment: From Ointments to Depigmentation - Healthline
WEBFeb 16, 2024 · Light therapy, anti-inflammatory medications, cell transplants, and depigmentation are a few treatment options for vitiligo. Other approaches exist and they may depend on how advanced...
Vitiligo: Overview - American Academy of Dermatology
WEBJun 29, 2022 · Can you stop vitiligo from spreading? Board-certified dermatologists offer treatment that can: Restore a person’s natural skin tone. Reduce vitiligo from spreading to other areas. No one treatment works for everyone. A dermatologist can tell you what options would likely work best for you.
Vitiligo: Symptoms, Causes, Treatments - WebMD
WEBMay 7, 2024 · Skin Problems & Treatments Guide. Vitiligo and Loss of Skin Color. Medically Reviewed by Zilpah Sheikh, MD on May 07, 2024. Written by Frances Gatta, Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Kristin...
Vitiligo Symptoms, Treatment & Causes | NIAMS
WEBMar 2, 2021 · Although there is no cure for vitiligo, treatments can be very effective at stopping the progression and reversing its effects, which may help skin tone appear more even. Who Gets Vitiligo? Anyone can get vitiligo, and it can develop at any age.
Vitiligo - Treatment - NHS
WEBTreatment. Treatment for vitiligo is based on changing the appearance of the skin by restoring its colour. However, for some people treatment is not permanent, and it cannot always control the spread of the condition. A GP may recommend: