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What is segmental & non-segmental vitiligo?

September 18th, 2010 at 12:01 am » Comments Off

I’ve had vitiligo for over 14 years and a few weeks ago, after reading that Scenesse® works on non-segmental vitiligo, I realized that not only do I not know what type of vitiligo I have; I don’t even know the difference between segmental and non-segmental vitiligo. I figured that I can’t be the only one who never looked into this, so I thought I’d share what I learned about them with you here… and I’m going to put it in layman’s terms.
Non-segmental vitiligo (a.k.a. vitiligo vulgaris and NSV) is the …



UV-protective drug to be tested for vitiligo

August 25th, 2010 at 7:06 pm » Comments Off

A drug initially developed to protect skin from light and UV will soon be tested as a repigmentation therapy in vitiligo