Vitiligo treatment methods include photochemotherapy, drug therapy, surgical therapy and so on.
1. Photochemotherapy: newly developed narrow-wave ultraviolet light can treat limited or generalized vitiligo. There can be mild erythema as well as itching during treatment, and eye and genital protection is required.
2. Drug therapy: including vitamin D3 derivatives, glucocorticoids, immunosuppressants and so on.
(1) Vitamin D3 derivatives: commonly used, such as calcipotriol ointment, can be combined with photochemotherapy.
(2) glucocorticosteroids: glucocorticosteroids for generalized vitiligo progression damage has a very good therapeutic effect, clinical commonly used topical glucocorticosteroids such as halometasone, fluoro easy.
(3) immunosuppressant: in order to avoid the long-term application of hormone adverse reactions, can be used externally tacrolimus ointment, pimecrolimus ointment.
3. Surgical therapy: autologous epidermal transplantation is suitable for patients with limited and stage-type quiescent stage, which can transplant autologous melanocytes to the depigmented area to achieve the purpose of pigment recovery.
Vitiligo patients can not self-medication, should go to the hospital in time, follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.