Vitiligo can’t be cured completely, you can use general treatment, drug treatment, surgical treatment and physical therapy to improve the symptoms and control the development of the disease.
1. general treatment: patients should avoid trauma, sun exposure and mental stress and other triggering factors, timely treatment of concomitant diseases and good psychological counseling and guidance, for the disease is also helpful.
2. Drug treatment:
(1) Topical drugs: such as glucocorticoid preparations help to restore skin color, applicable to progressive lesions, commonly used fluticasone propionate, betamethasone valerate, etc.; Calcium-regulated phosphatase inhibitors are generally used for facial and neck lesions, commonly used drugs such as tacrolimus ointment, pimecrolimus cream, etc., and vitamin D3 derivatives, including calcipotriol ointment or tacalcitol ointment, etc..
(2) internal drug: oral prednisone, recurrent betamethasone and other drugs can make the progress of vitiligo as soon as possible to stabilize.
3. Surgical treatment: for patients with stable vitiligo, transplantation therapy can be used, commonly used methods include autologous epidermal skin patch transplantation, tiny skin patch transplantation, blade thick skin patch transplantation, etc., and phototherapy can improve the efficacy of joint treatment.
4. physical therapy: NB-UVB and 308mm excimer light or laser for all types and stages of vitiligo treatment, the use of the eye, face and genitalia protection.
If you have vitiligo related symptoms, you need to go to the hospital as soon as possible, by the doctor according to the specific condition, make individualized diagnosis and treatment plan, so as not to delay the condition. All of the above drugs should be used in accordance with the doctor’s advice.