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Depending on the severity of the condition, the treatment method may vary. Treatment methods include:
Avoidance of tanning. For fair-skinned individuals, avoiding tanning of normal skin can make the areas of vitiligo almost unnoticeable.
Third level
Fourth level
Use a cosmetic cover-up solution. Make-up, self-tanning compounds with dihydroxyacetone, and dyes (such as Covermark, Walnut
Fifth level
Stain, Vita Dye or Dermablend) help temporarily conceal the white patches
of vitiligo.
Repigmentation. The restoration of the normal pigment and can be achieved with repigmentation therapy or corticosteroids. To get
repigmentation, new pigment cells must be produced from existing ones, such as ones found at the base of hair follicles, from the edge of
the patch or from the patch itself if depigmentation is not complete.
In repigmentation therapy, a patient is given a psoralen drug (orally) and then is exposed to ultraviolet light in the doctor's office. This
therapy is called PUVA. When psoralen drugs are activated by the light, they stimulate repigmentation by increasing the availability of
color-producing cells at the skin's surface.
Depigmentation is the destruction of the remaining melanocytes. Patients with vitiligo over half of their exposed body may want to
consider using this method. A bleaching chemical called monobenzylether of hydroquinone (Benzoquin) is applied to normally pigmented
skin. Treatment may take up to one year.
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Information
http://www.dermalight80.com/disease-vitiligo.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitiligo
http://www.vitiligoguide.com/vitiligo-skin/
http://vitiligo-vitilem.eu/?lang=en
Http://wisegeek.com/what-is-vitiligo.htm
http://www.healthcentral.com/encyclopedia/408/255.ht
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http://healthfiles.net/disease/vitiligo/
http://effectivevitiligotreatment.blogspot.com/
http://vitiligo-vitilem.eu/?lang=en
http://www.aocd.org/skin/dermatologic_diseases/vitiligo.html
http://www.vitiligoskindisorder.com/more/vitiligo/
http://www.vitiligos.com/people-with-vitiligo/famous-people/