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Vitiligo can be a depressing condition to live with. Generally, people get it in their younger years and live with it throughout their time. But, late onset vitiligo, occurring after 55 years of age, is also becoming more shared. But, a couple of new treatments are showing new promise in treating vitiligo.
New Non-Drug Treatments for Vitiligo
Vitiligo is a skin condition noticeable by many, or just a few, white patches of skin and/or hair. Singer Michael Jackson brought vitiligo to greater public kindness as he developed the condition in his early 40’s. It’s estimated that about 2% of people worldwide have vitiligo.
Vitiligo is a condition that arises from the autoimmune system that also governs allergies, lupus, and some forms of arthritis. In vitiligo, the immune system actually attacks the melanin coloring pigment of the skin and averts it from depositing in the skin. It’s not quite known why some people get vitiligo and others don’t but new research shows that dark-eyed people are more prone to receiving vitiligo.
In addition, it’s also thought that thyroid dysfunction, and/or other autoimmune diseases, may also contribute to increasing vitiligo. This may be why late onset (age 55/over) vitiligo occurs more commonly as thyroid function can also start to reduction with age.
Typically, vitiligo has been preserved with UV irradiation which sources the white spots to stimulate more pigment in the skin, much like tanning does. But this treatment can leave the skin motley, or speckled, kind of like a “dirty window” effect. Chronically exposing the skin to UV rays also raises the threat of developing skin cancer. Other drug treatments focus on suppressing the protected system but this method is not minus side effects. As a effect, both methods have only had peripheral success in managing vitiligo.


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Vitiligo can be a depressing condition to live with. Generally, people get it in their younger years and live with it throughout their time. But, late onset vitiligo, occurring after 55 years of age, is also becoming more shared. But, a couple of new treatments are showing new promise in treating vitiligo.
New Non-Drug Treatments for Vitiligo
Vitiligo is a skin condition noticeable by many, or just a few, white patches of skin and/or hair. Singer Michael Jackson brought vitiligo to greater public kindness as he developed the condition in his early 40’s. It’s estimated that about 2% of people worldwide have vitiligo.
Vitiligo is a condition that arises from the autoimmune system that also governs allergies, lupus, and some forms of arthritis. In vitiligo, the immune system actually attacks the melanin coloring pigment of the skin and averts it from depositing in the skin. It’s not quite known why some people get vitiligo and others don’t but new research shows that dark-eyed people are more prone to receiving vitiligo.
In addition, it’s also thought that thyroid dysfunction, and/or other autoimmune diseases, may also contribute to increasing vitiligo. This may be why late onset (age 55/over) vitiligo occurs more commonly as thyroid function can also start to reduction with age.
Typically, vitiligo has been preserved with UV irradiation which sources the white spots to stimulate more pigment in the skin, much like tanning does. But this treatment can leave the skin motley, or speckled, kind of like a “dirty window” effect. Chronically exposing the skin to UV rays also raises the threat of developing skin cancer. Other drug treatments focus on suppressing the protected system but this method is not minus side effects. As a effect, both methods have only had peripheral success in managing vitiligo.


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