Vitiligo Treatment and Disease

Vitiligo Symptoms

2009-04-23T12:03:24+02:00

Vitiligo generally called white spots illness as well or Leucoderma, in which the skin loses its pigment due to the annihilation of melanocytes. Melanocytes are such pigment cells which found in the epidermis (the surface layer of the skin) and there are responsible for producing Melanin (a dark pigment that gives skin its color) and protects against ultraviolet radiation., The skin becomes pale when melanocytes stop producing melanin leaving areas of white patches this is called vitiligo.

To describe Vitiligo symptoms, the onset of the vitiligo symptoms is very visible in darker and wheatish skinned people as the contrast of white patches looks obvious against dark skin. The manifestation of flat areas of normal-feeling skin with complete pigment loss is sudden or gradual and appearance of vitiligo symptoms the lesions appear as flat areas with no pigment.

In common the affected areas are the face, elbows, knees, hands feet, and genitalia.
The initial vitiligo symptoms are easily observable with flat white spots or patches on your skin. Vitiligo symptoms usually starts the first white patch appears on the skin area remains exposed to the sun. Vitiligo symptoms do not cause physical discomfort to your skin, such as itching etc.

Vitiligo symptoms, vitiligo most commonly affects traumatic areas particularly on the face, upper chest, hands and groin. It may be widespread, affecting both sides of the body it may affect only one side of the body or it may affect only one localized area.
If the affected area contains hair, the hair may turn white then vitiligo symptoms sharply distinct white patches are seen rather obviously. Sometimes there may be seen by a circular white patch, resembling a halo.

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Leucoderma

2009-04-17T12:51:46+02:00

Pigmentation is a continuous process in skin responsible for skin coloration. Two known problems in this process are depigmentation and hyper-pigmentation.

More common example of depigmentation is the skin condition leucoderma. In leucoderma a loss of pigmentation take place in one or various parts of skin due to the damage to skin pigment producing cells called melanocytes. In other words leucoderma is a deficiency of pigment or pigment forming cells in a certain part of skin.

Leucoderma and Vitiligo

Both leucoderma and vitiligo are the same disease name and vitiligo is normally used in western world where as leucoderma is used in Asian countries like India.
http://www.antivitiligo.com/frequently-asked-questions.html

In leucoderma melanocytes skin cells are damaged by some internal abnormal action in skin by its own auto immune system. what are the root causes of the disease, it is not fully understood and no acceptable method to explore this fact has yet been discovered. Such facts make leucoderma a serious skin disease. However it is quite harmless skin disease in the sense that it is not pre cancerous disorder nor a contagious skin disease which can transmit from one person to other.

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Vitiligo Remedy

2009-03-30T10:16:06+02:00

Some time very common and daily used thing could be very useful for serious diseases. Here are some words about some herbal produces which are used to prepare an effective vitiligo remedy.

Before using these remedies first read about some common instructions about these remedies, because use of any vitiligo remedy needed some precautions.

1) Turmeric and mustard oil Remedy.

5 tea spoons of turmeric, mixed in 250 ml of mustard oil, you will get paste like thing Apply this past on patches of vitiligo. Use this vitiligo remedy continuously up to one year.

2) Basil Leaves and Lime Juice

A simple remedy for vitiligo. Basil leaves and Lime juice are useful herbs to regulate the production of melanin. Use this remedy for 6 month thrice or 4 time a day. After one month you will find sign of pigmentation in vitiligo spots. This is very easy to made and use remedy. Mix some drops of Basil leaves extracts with Lime juice together and apply on your affected skin.

3) Psoralea Seeds and Tamarind Seeds

It is also a fine effective remedy for the treatment of vitilgo. Saturate Psoralea Seeds and Tamarind Seeds in water for 4 days. Remove and dry the soaked mixture. Now you can apply it to your vitiligo spots. When it dry it should be grounded into the paste which is easy to apply on affected parts. There will a dramatic improvement in the disease state and the White patches will decrease and gradually disappear. Some people say that this remedy improve your pigmentation dramatically.

4) Psoralea and Ginger Juice

This remedy is little a bit different from other because it is to eat instead of external application. First soak seeds of Psoralea in Ginger Juice for few days (about 3 days). The saturated Psoralea seeds are then dried in shade and powdered. Take one gram of this powder daily with 1 cup of fresh milk for 2 months. Psoralens are most used substance for the treatment of vitiligo.

An other vitiligo remdy

Take bath twice a day. Eat 600 gm uncooked cucumber, 3 betel leaves, and 15 gm ginger drink juice of big lemon on daily basois. Take bath twice a day. Take bitter ground for 3 days. Take without sugar, salt or honey a sun tan for 10 minutes.
Avoid from these things milk products, like curd, tea, coffee, ghee, mango and other sweet frout, ice cream, cold drink, eggs and fish.

A little descriptions about vitiligo ingredients used in these remedy.

Turmeric

Turmeric has great importance in Indian medicine system where it is treated as anti-septic, anti-inflammatory substance. It is also used on wound to prevent from bacterial infection. Turmeric is a fine immune regulator substance.

Mustard oil

Mustard oil is also beneficial for the strength of immune system. It is also anti-becterial oil and used in detoxify human body.

Basil Leaves

Basil leaves are common kitchen ingredients and have anti-viral, anti-aging qualities. A fine thing to control stress.

Psoralens
I think psoralens are most using herbs for the treatment of vitiligo. Not in only in home remedy but also use in some latest medical treatment procedures like PUVA.

Tamarind

Tamarind is one of the fine immune booster and support people resistance for infections.

Ginger
ginger is an anti-inflammatory substance. Used to prevent blood clotting. It stimulates circulation and used to support digestive system.

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Vitiligo Cream

2009-03-09T07:17:34+01:00

Vitiligo is no doubt a chronic skin condition often take years to be disappeared from. Now many medical treatment procedures for vitiligo has been discovered but herbal industry still leading this race and various creams, oils, remedies and other treatment methods are available for the treatment of vitiligo.

Classical and latest scientific treatment methods have been applying for treatment of vitiligo. Herbal medicine and cream, Ayurvedic medicine system, Chinese system of medicine are famous traditional treatment options. Laser light treatment techniques,
Phototherapies consist on uva or uvb light rays, skin surgery are the latest treatment option for vitiligo.

Vitiligo Cream and Herbal Medicines

What is the reason that there is no herbal vitiligo cream? Reason is simple, as quoted by by http://www.antivitiligo.com/frequently-asked-questions.html that preparation of cream required latest and advanced processing techniques, whereas herbal natural medicines are prepared in traditional ways in which cream is not easily possible.

So here are a brief description about some vitiligo creams.

Anti-Vitiligo

This is not a vitiligo cream but an excellent product for treating and re-pigmentation in skin.

Drula Pigment Cream

This cream is useful for vitiligo, a self tanning cream which enhance the pigmentation in depigmented areas of skin. It contain the color pigment ingredients and helps to combat the difference between light and dark skin coloration.

Vitises gel

It is consist of famous herb for skin Ginko biloba and calcium chloride. It support melanocytes skin cells to produce more melanin for skin.
It actually not a cream and find in the form of gel. Nor it is a pure herbal product.

Herbal medicines are the most favorite way of treatment for vitiligo. Herbal medicines are found in the form of oil, tablets and complete diet. Most of the people like medicine in cream form because it is easy to use, well processed and give no smell. But it is a problem which herbal medicine that there is no vitiligo cream made by herbs.

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Vitiligo Cure

2009-02-25T12:56:15+01:00

For vitiligo cure it is frequently used sentance that unfortunately there is no cure of vitiligo.
The words cure implies to the complete treatment of any disease, such that it is refers to elimination of root causes of disease by some medicines or treatment procedures. In term of vitiligo the “cure” used for complete eradication of the disease whatever it be, from the patient body system.

What are the real triggers of vitiligo, how auto immunity takes part in destruction of body own skin cells that produce pigmentation, it is all not certainly known so far.

However no “cure for vitiligo” does not mean that one can not get its pigmentation or skin coloration back. There are various techniques for the re-coloration in skin. Like stimulating production of melanocytes in skin, optimize the ability of inactive color producing cell to produce more melanin for skin.

Cures for Vitiligo

A brief description of some treatment which can be used as cures of vitiligo.

Several home and herbal remedies are suggested as a cure for vitiligo by some herbalists or experienced people of this ground. Because herbal remedies or medicines have may curative properties like they are more cheaper, give no side effects and easy to use.

Laser Treatment Technology

PUVA

Skin Surgery

Except these are some latest researches are also conducted to find cure for vitiligo. Hopefully there will be positive results regarding these. Among them one report is in ther favour of blackpepper and other one vote for chickpeas as cure of this skin disorder.

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vitiligo skin disease

2008-11-24T11:37:15+01:00

Vitiligo is a common skin disease where the skin develops areas that become colorless. It is a common skin problem, and millions of people in the world have vitiligo. It is slightly common skin condition and which take a long period of time to recovered in normal cases. Most often presence of vitiligo causes emotional distress specially, when it affects on the face and other skin parts which remain open.

Vitiligo is considered a skin condition, but really it is an auto immune disease.
Anomalous production of an antibody due to some abnormalities in your own defense system, is the major reason for the destruction of skin pigment producing cells melanocytes. First a pale mark appear which is difficult to observe, in the beginning most often patient himself could not distinguish it easily. After some time it becomes whiter with passage of time as destruction of melanocytes continues on the skin area. Size of these white spots gradually increases and some time two small spots join to make a larger one.

There are different ways vitiligo disease can start. About in 20% sufferers getting vitiligo tendency is inherited. Most of the patient get it at 20.
Emotional stress due to the cosmetic appearance in also considered as an trigger of this skin disorder. Like psoriasis and some other skin conditions, vitiligo does not show the tendency to come and go over time.

White marks of depigmentation may occur due to the environmental change, like the an increase in the ratio of uv rays in sunlight. Because severe sun burning or prolong exposure to sun is also a sound cause of this skin disease. UV radiation are very energetic rays when strike skin surface can causes burning in the skin and damage skin cells.

Vitiligo disease has a trend to be worst in those with other auto immune disorder like Thyroid.

Segmental pattern vitiligo is the most common form of the vitiligo disease. Vitiligo is not an infectious or transmittable skin disease. Though it may run in families.

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Vitiligo cure and causes

2008-08-04T08:12:32+02:00

Vitiligo is chronic skin affliction that causes colorless white spots on skin. There are few skin conditions which cures and causes are not fully know to the dermatologist. And all cures for that condition based on the theoretical evidences. Vitiligo is also include in such diseases, But it will be more appropriate if you it a skin condition rather that skin disorder.

Vitiligo Cures

Currently it is assumed that for vitiligo no cure is yet discovered. One can not cure root causes of the ailment. However different treatment procedure are used by different medical professional or commercial organizations for the cure for vitiligo.

What are Vitiligo Causes

This is a question, for which there is no obvious answer yet found. Actually causes of vitiligo may vary from person to person. The exact knowledge about vitiligo triggers is essential regarding cures for vitiligo. Following factor may be the possible trigger for vitiligo

Abnormal behavior of Auto-Immune System
Emotional Anxiety
Ultra Violet Radiations
Inheritance or Genetic Factors

Melanocytes cell are key players in the pigmentation process of skin. With Melanocyte some other skin cells like keratinocytes and Langerhans are involve in pigmentation and hence in the causation of vitiligo.

An antigen produced in body due some defects in your own auto-immune system start destroying melanocytes cell. As a result a deficiency of melanocytes in a specific part of skin appears as a white patch of viltilgo.

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