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: Diagnosis and treatment - American Academy of …
WEBLight therapy is most effective at restoring color to the face and neck. Like other treatments for vitiligo, the lips, tips of the fingers, and toes are least responsive to treatment with light therapy.
Updates and new medical treatments for vitiligo (Review)
WEBMay 25, 2021 · The efficacy of TCI as monotherapy in a systemic review and meta-analysis by Lee et al (28), demonstrated ≥25% repigmentation in 55%, ≥50% repigmentation in 38.5%, and ≥75% repigmentation in 18.1% of patients. The results in children were ≥25% repigmentation in 66.4% and ≥75% repigmentation in 31.7% patients.
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: 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.
How Vitiligo Is Treated - Verywell Health
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Opzelura (ruxolitinib) cream is the first FDA-approved treatment for nonsegmental vitiligo in patients 12 years and older. It is also approved for treating atopic dermatitis. Opzelura works by downregulating the immune system, preventing the inflammation that causes vitiligo.
Vitiligo: Overview - American Academy of Dermatology
WEBJun 29, 2022 · If you have vitiligo, the sooner vitiligo treatment starts, the more effective it tends to be. Left untreated for years, vitiligo may be difficult to treat. To see more pictures that show how vitiligo can appear on the skin, go to Vitiligo: Signs and symptoms .
Vitiligo: More than skin deep - Harvard Health
WEBSep 26, 2019 · One of the oldest and most effective treatments is phototherapy (light therapy) with ultraviolet B (UVB) light. For this treatment, depigmented skin is exposed to UVB light several times a week, either in a clinic or at home.
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 Treatments | Diagnosis & Next Steps | Vitiligo Society
WEBTreating vitiligo on the face seems to be particularly effective. Children are more likely to be more responsive to treatment. Using treatments when vitiligo first develops is more effective than later on. Small areas are easier to treat than larger ones.