Generally, vitiligo fractional laser therapy can achieve better improvement by doing it for 3 to 6 times, but the specific time of recovery from the treatment needs to be decided according to the severity of vitiligo and the area involved.
Fractional laser therapy in the treatment of vitiligo is mainly to increase the cell body of macrophages, increase the number of dendrites, and increase the activity of tyrosinase in order to promote the synthesis of melanin, but also to promote the production of metalloproteinase-2, to activate and proliferate melanocytes around the white areas, and to stimulate the migration of melanin to the surrounding of the white patches, so as to achieve the effect of treatment.
Fractional laser treatment method can be carried out once a month, 3~6 times as a course of treatment, with a long interval, the safety coefficient will be increased. At the same time, after fractional laser, the skin resistance to damage is reduced, you need to pay attention to skin care, when you go out you need to strictly sunscreen.
In addition to fractional laser treatment of vitiligo can also be treated by 308 excimer laser therapy, epidermal sheet transplantation, blade thick skin sheet transplantation, mixed epidermal cell transplantation and other methods.
It is recommended that the vitiligo patients timely consultation, follow the doctor’s instructions standardized treatment, so as not to delay the condition.