40-year-old woman body hair whitening may be caused by physiological reasons, may also be vitiligo, vulvar leukoplakia and other causes. It can be treated by topical macrolide immunosuppressants, hormones, topical glucocorticoids and other drugs.
1. Physiological reasons: with age, the tyrosinase activity of follicular melanocytes gradually decreases, and the melanocytes in the hair follicles will also decrease, causing body hair to become white, which is a normal phenomenon and does not require treatment.
2. Vitiligo: because the local follicle melanocyte destruction, synthesis of melanin particles lack, resulting in the phenomenon of body hair white, can be used externally macrolide immunosuppressant or oral hormone drugs for treatment, such as tacrolimus ointment, prednisone tablets, and so on.
3. Vulvar leukoplakia: it may be related to infection, lack of sex hormone, long-term sedentary and other reasons, women can have vulvar itching, skin color change, vulvar atrophy and so on, which is manifested as whitening of hair in the lower half of the body. It can be treated by topical glucocorticoid and macrolide immunosuppressant drugs, such as Denuded ointment and Tacrolimus ointment.
The above drugs need to be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions. 40-year-old woman body hair hair white, you need to go to the regular hospital dermatology consultation, after a detailed examination by a specialist doctor, clear reasons for symptomatic treatment.