REGARDING VITILIGO

Good Morning sir/Madam
Iam a 22 year old suffering from Vitiligo on my lower lip since a year. Its embarrasing for me when i go out and meet the people. Please suggest me in this regard. reply to my mail sir.

Thanking You

[jdesouza]

Hi,
My sister has had Vitiligo for over 20 years and she tried a variety of treatments. She tried the many treatments including.
- Exposure of affected skin to intense ultraviolet light, such as narrow-band UVB
- Medicines taken by mouth such as trimethylpsoralen (Trisoralen)
- Medicines that she applied to her skin such as (Corticosteroid creams, immunosuppressants such as pimecrolimus (Elidel) and tacrolimus (Protopic),repigmenting agents such as methoxsalen (Oxsoralen)).
She also tried some herbal options.

Even though her vitiligo did not go away it improved significantly. It also stabilized and stopped spreading. The one other thing that was important was to take care not to get cuts as the new skin usually lacked pigment.

Hope this helps.

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
Treatment options for vitiligo include steroids, psoralen photochemotherapy(PUVA),depigmentation and surgical therapy like skin grafting, micropigmentation or tattooing and autologous melanocyte transplants. However the choice of therapy depends on the number of white patches; their location, sizes, and how widespread they are and the option that is convenient to you. I would suggest  you to discuss these options with a dermatologist.

It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.