Does vitiligo require oral medication?

Most mild cases of vitiligo do not require oral medication, but patients with more severe conditions need oral medication to control their vitiligo. Vitiligo is a melanin deficiency disease caused by the destruction of melanocytes in the skin, which causes patients to develop white patches of skin that can occur in any part of the body, affecting the patient’s appearance and daily life. For most patients with mild vitiligo, topical corticosteroids such as fluticasone propionate, betamethasone, hydrocortisone, etc. can be used as prescribed by the doctor to improve the symptoms. For some patients with more serious symptoms, if there is no timely and systematic treatment, it may cause vitiligo white spots continue to spread and develop. Such patients need to follow the doctor’s advice oral glucocorticoid drugs such as prednisone, immunosuppressant drugs such as paeonia lactiflora total glycosides, etc., as soon as possible to control the condition. It is recommended that vitiligo patients to regular hospitals, under the guidance of the doctor symptomatic treatment, do not self-medication.