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Vitiligo treatment

2016-02-17 05:17:42
Sir,my relative have stable 4-5 vitiligo patches on his legs from last 6-8 years & he intends to get marry next year & seeking permanent diagnosis for vitiligo. Is phototheraphy or dermatosurgery applicable in this case.
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Various modelity of treatments available now such as melanocyte transfer, phototherapy and simple thing such as excision and very thin split thickness skin grafting. As you mentioned it is a stable Vitiligo patches since 6 to 8 years and no is 4 to 5, excision and very thin split thickness skin graft will solve your problem in one surgical procedure.

Answered2016-02-17 13:07:25

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Yes definately, in case of stable vitiligo there are lot of surgical options available like melanocyte cell suspension , blister grafting, we can treat him after getting proper history and examination

Answered2016-02-17 09:35:11

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