While a number of treatments are available for Vitiligo, most of them offer little relief and often cause adverse side effects
Current conventional treatments for Vitiligo include :
Medical therapy
Medical therapies are known to cause thinning of the skin and stretch marks. They are also known to increase the risk of skin cancer. These include :
Topical steroid therapy
Topical Psoralen
Photochemotherapy
Oral Psoralen photochemotherapy
Depigmentation of normally pigmented skin
Surgical therapy
Surgical therapies are very expensive and demand rigorous commitment of self-care. Moreover, they are viewed as experimental because their effectiveness and side effects remain to be fully defined. These include :
Autologus skin grafts
Skin grafts using blisters
Micro pigmentation (tattooing)
Autologous melanocyte transplants
Adjunctive therapies
Adjunctive therapies are treatment options that can be used along with surgical or medical treatments. However, they have proved to be messy, inconvenient and costly. These include :
