Vitiligo cure has not been discovered yet. People always believe that there exists a vitiligo cure. The treatments that exist for vitiligo only offer repigmentation and complete bleaching of skin to even off the complexion.
Vitiligo treatments are a hotchpotch of research and experiment. A new research conducted at Department of Pharmacy King's College London proved Piperine as potential treatments for vitiligo.
Most of the people are psychologically affected by vitiligo because of the change in appearance caused by it. You may experience lack of self-confidence, emotional stress or a feeling of embarrassment.
Vitiligo is a condition in which the melanocytes (pigment producing cells) are destroyed. As a consequence, white patch or blotches appear on the skin in different parts of the body.
Vitiligo treatments are helpful in re-pigmenting the lost skin color but these treatments do not permanently cure the basic abnormality. Because of the presence of so many it has become difficult to select a treatment.
Hypopigmentation is the unusual lack of skin color which is caused by diminution in melanin. Hypopigmentation often associated with albinism, vitiligo or serious injury.
Vitiligo causes loss of pigment and due to loss of pigment no protection against sun rays is left. Melanin (pigment that gives color to the skin) helps in protecting our skin from harmful UV rays of sun.
A case of melanoma that was treated with interferon and developed vitiligo during the course of treatment. It was later found that his disease kept spreading but he still survived better than the case who have not developed this vitiligo.
