Vitiligo - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic
WEBNov 10, 2022 · 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
WEBWhile researchers are looking for a cure, treatment cannot currently cure this disease. Treatment can help restore lost skin color, but the color (repigmentation) may fade over time. To keep their results, many patients have maintenance treatments.
Vitiligo - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic
WEBFeb 1, 2024 · Vitiligo affects people of all skin types, but it may be more noticeable in people with brown or Black skin. The condition is not life-threatening or contagious. 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: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Steps to Take
WEBMar 2, 2021 · Treatments can include: Medicines or medicated skin creams, such as corticosteroids or a calcineurin inhibitor, which may be able to return color to the white patches of skin. Use of light (phototherapy) to help return color to the skin. There are several different forms of light therapy.
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...
Vitiligo > Fact Sheets - Yale Medicine
WEBIn 2022, the FDA approved a topical JAK inhibitor (ruxolitinib cream) for the treatment of vitiligo in both adult and pediatric patients (down to age 12 years). This represents the first FDA-approved treatment for vitiligo, and is part of the complement of vitiligo therapies offered by Yale Medicine dermatologists.
Vitiligo: Overview - American Academy of Dermatology
WEBJun 29, 2022 · While vitiligo cannot be cured, treatment may restore lost skin color. Research shows that having an even skin tone can greatly improve both physical and mental well-being. 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 ...
Vitiligo Basics: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Steps to Take
WEBMar 2, 2021 · Treatments can include: Medicines or medicated skin creams, which may be able to return color to the white patches of skin. Use of light therapy to help return color to the skin. Removal of color from dark areas of the skin so they match the white patches. You usually will only get this treatment if you have vitiligo on more than half of your body.
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.
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