Vitiligo Treatment / Treatment for Vitiligo

Vitiligo Treatment and Vitiligo cure are the terms about which there are several misconceptions in the public mind. People usually think that any particular Vitiligo treatment or Vitiligo cure can eliminate the root cause of Vitiligo. This is absolutely wrong, as no Vitiligo treatment can cure from Vitiligo but stops the spreading of the white spots.

For productive approach to Vitiligo treatment it is necessary to focus on the disease with different angles. When we talk about Vitiligo treatment, the focus is re-pigmentation in affected areas or psychological counseling. It is necessary to focus on the disease with different angles and to have the history of the patient in order to diagnose that by which means the patient got this disease.

Vitiligo skin disorder does not just harm one internally, but it leaves a great impact ones appearance and so on his personality. So for the treatment of Vitiligo only medication is not enough but also managing physiological problems and keeping the stress at minimum is what required to cure Vitiligo.

Therefore, we discuss the whole process of Vitiligo Treatment in 2 processes:

1. Re-pigmentation Therapy
• Medical Therapies
• Alternative medicines helpful for re-pigmentation
• Surgical Therapies
• Additional Therapies that helps to cover-up the skin condition


2. Managing and overcome the psychological problems Cause by Vitiligo.

1. Re-Pigmentation Therapy

There are various ways to treat Vitiligo, but mostly Vitiligo sufferers prefer Re-pigmentation therapy in order to get their normal skin color back so that they can have their normal life back.

Medically Prescribed Medicine

• Psoralen Photo-chemo therapy
• Topical steroid therapy

Alternate Treatments

• Oral therapies with natural Psoralen
• Topical therapies using natural Psoralen
• Homeopathic
• Ayer Vedic
• Herbal Treatment

Surgical Therapy

• Tattooing
• Skin grafts using blisters
• Auto-logous skin grafts

Additional Therapies

• Sunscreens
• Home Remedies
• Skin Camouflage Techniques / Make up for Vitiligo
• De-Pigmentation Therapy

Medically Prescribed Medicine:

For the treatment of Vitiligo active regimentation therapy is usually recommended treatments to re-pigment the skin and remove white patches by the dermatologists. In this re-pigmentation therapy new pigment cells are produced from existing ones. These pigment cells may come from the base of hair follicles, from the edge of the lesion of Vitiligo, or from the white patch of Vitiligo itself if de-pigmentation is not that severe.

The medicines prescribed are the result of scientific approach and are only available on prescription. The other disadvantage of this re-pigmentation method is that it is very expensive when it comes to the treatment for Vitiligo.

This process for the treatment of Vitiligo includes:

• Psoralen Photo-chemo therapy
• Topical steroid therapy

Psoralen Photo-chemo therapy(PUVA):
Light therapy with photosynthesizing psoralen drugs includes applied topically or given systemically Psoralen in conjunction with sunlight exposure or UVA photo-therapy (PUVA), narrow band UVB photo-therapy and other topical agents. Read more...

Topical Corticosteroid Therapy:
Corticosteroid cream and ointment are prescribed by the doctors for the patient who have large area of de-pigmented skin. Steroids are helpful for re-pigmentation if. Read more...

Alternate Treatments:

Of all the re pigmentation therapies and other treatments for Vitiligo the herbs have proved themselves as the best to cure for Vitiligo. The Alternative treatments for Vitiligo are based on natural herbs that are naturally found in substances like the seeds of coconut oil, common fig, parsley, celery, turmeric, mustard seeds and olives.

• Oral therapies and Topical therapies using natural Psoralen
• Ayer Vedic
• Homeopathic
• Herbal Treatments

Oral therapies and Topical therapies using natural Psoralen:
Psoralen is also available in oral form, these treatments for Vitiligo are only effective if used with sun exposure. Read more...

Homeopathy:
Homeopathic Treatment works for the restoration of normal functioning of body. For Vitiligo Treatment, Homeopathy focuses on pigmentation systems of the body.

Ayurvedic:
Ayurvedic method uses herbal products for the treatment of diseases. In Ayurvedic treatment, surgery is also done for different diseases. In short, the procedure for Treatment of Vitiligo is similar to the natural one.

Herbal Vitiligo Treatment:
In herbal treatment the focus to treat the disease is totally natural. Natural herbs are used for the treatment. It is a famous treatment for diseases whose causes are not known as yet. It is used widely for Vitiligo Treatment as it has no side effects and has better results compared to other treatments. Vitiligo Treatment Oil is a famous herbal treatment which has no side effects and is easy to use and available globally for re-pigmentation of Vitiligo affected areas. Read More...

Surgical Therapy:

If the medical treatments fail surgical treatments can be considered as an option for the treatment of Vitiligo. Surgical treatments to cure Vitiligo should only be performed on patients who are suffering from non-progressive and stable Vitiligo conditions. The surgeries are used in combination with medical therapies.

With the advance researches to cure Vitiligo a number of surgical techniques for re-pigmentation of Vitiligo have been developed which involve the transfer of a patient’s own melanocytes from unaffected skin into Vitiligo affected skin (auto-logous melanoycte transplantation). These techniques include mini-grafting using punch grafts, non-cultured epidermal suspension, cultured epidermal suspension, and suction blister grafting.

• Tattooing
• Skin grafts using blisters
• Auto-logous skin grafts

Tattooing:
Tattooing is the treatment in which artificial pigment is implanted into your skin with a special surgical instrument. It is also known as micro-pigmentation. Read more....

Skin Grafting Using Blisters:
Blister Epidermal grafting is another option to cure Vitiligo but this is only suitable for the sufferers of Segmental Vitiligo. Read more....

Auto-logous Skin Graft:
Auto-logous skin grafting is also a surgical method for the treatment of Vitiligo, but only for those patients who have very small and limited hypo-pigmented area. In this procedure to cure Vitiligo, your own body tissues are used. Read more...

Additional Therapies

There are also a few additional therapies as for the treatment of Vitiligo which may not cure Vitiligo but can help in the treatments, and to over come this skin condition.

• Sunscreens
• Home Remedies
• Skin Camouflage Techniques / Make up for Vitiligo
• De-Pigmentation Therapy

Sunscreens:
Loss of pigments (melanin) from skin is the cause of Vitiligo and hypo-pigmentation. This makes skin prone to sun burn, therefore, it is highly recomendable for Vitiligo sufferers to use sunscreens. It protect skin against UVA and UVB rays of sun. Read more...

Home Remedies:
Home remedies can help to cure Vitiligo, but it is no such treatment for re-pigmentation. The best home remedies which has help most for treatment of Vitiligo is Vitiligo Diet.

Skin Camouflage: Skin Camouflage also called as Make-up for Vitiligo can not cure Vitiligo but it can be used as a treatment. It is no re-pigmentation therapy but it can cover up the skin for temporary. This option for the treatment of Vitiligo can be used if all the other treatments have failed. Read more...

2. Managing and overcome the psychological problems Cause by Vitiligo.

De-pigmentation in the skin is the root problem which needs to be focused. For overcome this de-pigmentation or milky white patches there are many treatments available. We will first discuss available medical therapies.