By: BRUCE JANCIN, Skin & Allergy News Digital Network SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – Topical bimatoprost ophthalmic solution shows promise as a novel treatment for localized, stable vitiligo, a small pilot study suggests. Patients with recalcitrant sequential or focal vitiligo, especially on the face, responded particularly well to the topical prostaglandin F2-alpha analogue in this small prospective [...]

By: DAMIAN MCNAMARA TORONTO — Topical tacrolimus significantly decreased the size of vitiligo lesions and spurred repigmentation, compared with pretreatment and unaffected skin, the results of a small study found. “The most encouraging result was the concentration of [interleukin]-10,” Dr. Zaki Taher said. There was a statistically significant increase in interleukin-10 (IL-10) expression in vitiligo [...]

By: DAMIAN McNAMARA SAN FRANCISCO — Because children generally respond better to vitiligo interventions than adults, early recognition and treatment are crucial, Dr. Pearl E. Grimes said. “These patients need you. I strongly encourage you to be a little more aggressive when children with vitiligo come into your practice,” Dr. Grimes said at a seminar [...]

Whereas I frequently recommend curry/ turmeric/ curcumin to patients for its wonderful anti-oxidation benefits, here we see that, like all natural substances, it is a double edged sword and, accordingly, must be wielded carefully.

By: DAMIAN MCNAMARA PHOENIX — Dermatologists can easily and effectively repigment the skin of patients with segmental or focal vitiligo, according to a study that demonstrated an 87% graft survival rate. Researchers reviewed the charts of patients with vitiligo who had autologous epidermal punch grafting from 2003 to 2008. Repigmentation was successful in 26 of [...]

Imagine something very personal and precious being taken away from you a little at a time. You’re not in control of when it goes and you can’t argue about the amount removed. This is the predicament faced by people with vitiligo – a common skin disease that causes areas of the body to progressively lose [...]

Imagine something very personal and precious being taken away from you a little at a time. You’re not in control of when it goes and you can’t argue about the amount removed. This is the predicament faced by people with vitiligo – a common skin disease that causes areas of the body to progressively lose [...]

Living with vitiligo can be emotionally debilitating; strangers staring inquisitively at the white patches adorning our skin is less traumatic to our psyche than the little voice in our head that berates our own self. Whether it is about the vitiligo or about any other aspect of our life, it’s imperative that we find a [...]

Living with vitiligo can be emotionally debilitating; strangers staring inquisitively at the white patches adorning our skin is less traumatic to our psyche than the little voice in our head that berates our own self. Whether it is about the vitiligo or about any other aspect of our life, it’s imperative that we find a [...]

There are so many different concepts out there about what may trigger vitiligo and one prevailing commonality that seems to resonate with many of us is stress. Many events in one’s life can be stressful, but I think that it’s not so much the big events like a death of a loved one or loss [...]