Vitiligo Treatments

Vitiligo is a type of pigmentation disorder in which the melencocyte cells are destroyed. Melencocytes are the cells that are responsible of making pigments in the body. Due to this disease white patches on the body appears and certainly hairs would likely to grow from these parts of the body. It is thereby an autoimmune disease. Most likely is the fact hyperthyroidism (an overactive thyroid gland), adrenocortical insufficiency (the adrenal gland does not produce enough of the hormone called corticosteroid), alopecia areata (patches of baldness), and pernicious anemia (a low level of red blood cells caused by the failure of the body to absorb vitamin B12). Some scientists also say that vitiligo is hereditary. Children whose parents also suffer from this disease would have a great chance to get this disease as in inheritance.

Unfortunately, vitiligo cannot be cured it can only be recovered. For the treatment of this disease many medical therapies as well as herbal treatments are suggested. Some of the medical therapies are as follows

 Medical therapies

• Topical corticosteroid
• Topical immunomodulators
• Topical psoralen plus ultraviolet
• Oral psoralen photo chemotherapy (oral plus)
• Narrowband ultraviolet
• Excimer Laser

Now-a-days laser treatments are very in, but in case of vitiligo it is reliable up to a very small extent. Indeed all the above mentioned treatments cause side effects which may leads to severe headaches and even skin cancer.

Surgical treatments

Then there are surgical treatments that may be somewhat consider helpful. In these treatments the parts or areas of the body that are affected by vitiligo are repigmented by transplanting with the active pigments. Following are some of the treatments:

• Autologous Skin graft
• Blister Grafting
• Tattooing (micro pigmentation)

Homeopathic treatments of vitiligo are also available but these are the slowest procedure in the count. However, Herbal treatments are somehow useful and helpful. Some herbal companies claim that their products can 100% cure vitiligo. For the vitiligo treatment many herbal oils and products have been launched.

Vitiligo oil is one of the very famous products. This product ensures the complete treatment of vitiligo. Within 15 days one can clearly watch its effect and within a period of 60 days skin will be completely free from white patches. This is 100% herbal oil thus is not at all harmful to anyone. Both the adults and children can use this.