Medical Treatments
Medical treatments include topical steroid therapy, psoralen photochemotherapy, and depigmentation therapy.
In topical steroid therapy, you are required
to use steroid creams on the white patches of the skin, and this is
supposed to help the skin re-pigment itself. Doctors recommend that you
use these creams at least for 3 months before any improvement can be
expected to be seen. However, these creams are associated with a number
of side effects and are not generally recommended for children or for
patches of white skin occurring on the face, armpits or genital region.
In psoralen photochemotherapy, ultraviolet
light is used to re-pigment the white patches, in conjunction with
psoralen cream or oral medications. This is extremely time-consuming
and you will need to undergo bi- or tr-weekly sessions at a specialized
clinic for several weeks or months. This type of treatment is
associated with a number of severe side effects, including an increased
risk of skin cancer, severe sunburn, blistering of the skin, and eye
damage.
If your vitiligo is extensive, you may opt to have the rest of your skin de-pigmented, so that it matches the colour of the vitiligo-affected parts. De-pigmentation involves the use of chemicals that basically bleach the skin. Side-effects include inflammation, itchy and dry skin, and extreme sensitivity to sunlight.
Surgical Therapies
If medical therapy proves ineffective (as it
often does), surgical therapies may be opted for. Unfortunately, these
are not generally paid for by insurance carriers, hence making them
unaffordable to most patients.
A common surgical therapy for vitiligo is the
autologous skin graft, wherein a doctor takes some skin from an
unaffected area (e.g. the buttocks) and attaches it to a de-pigmented
area (e.g. on the arms). This operation suffers from complications such
as infection, scarring, and cobblestone appearance of the skin.
Another type of surgical therapy is special
tattooing. Effectively, the doctor will try to find a dye that matches
the natural color of the person's skin, and apply this dye into the
skin. Obviously, it is hard to find a dye that matches the natural
color perfectly. In addition, whilst normal skin changes in color
according to different levels of sun exposure, tattooed skin won't.
A Better, Safer Option
Although very few doctors will know or tell
you about it (there is too much money involved in conventional
treatment methods), you can actually cure yourself of vitiligo at home
using only herbal and vitamin supplements, combined with some dietary
and lifestyle changes. Indeed in the past, a number of doctors and
scientists had reported such successes in medical journals, but this
research is now kept hidden by the pharmaceutical industry.
For the first time ever, this research has
been dug up and used to compile a comprehensive step-by-step guide on
exactly what you need to do to naturally and safely cure yourself of
vitiligo in just a few weeks - without any medications or surgical
interventions.
For more information, visit Michael Dawson's "Natural Vitiligo Treatment System™", where he explains exactly why and how this system works.
For more information, visit Michael Dawson's "Natural Vitiligo Treatment System™", where he explains exactly why and how this system works.
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