What is Vitiligo: What are the white spots

What is Vitiligo: What are the white spots
Causes
Treatment
Surgery
General information
Means of treatment

surgical treatment of vitiligo

Surgical treatment of vitiligo

By resorting to surgical treatment of vitiligo after medical. These methods are suitable for the treatment of severe cases of vitiligo with a medical history of three years.

Skin grafting

If the patient is small spots vitiligo transplantation Transplantation: useful if authorities in the other world? the doctor moves the areas of normal skin (the donor site) and places them on the depigmented areas (recipient sites). Such treatment is costly and time consuming. Possible complications of skin grafting: the development of infection, scarring, blotchy pigmentation. Another type of transplantation - a skin graft blister. For healthy skin provoke blistering. Thereafter, the upper layer of the blisters on the transplanted part of depigmented skin. Dangers blister transplantation involves scarring and lack of repigmentation. Possible complications - an increased risk of scarring on the skin.

Tattooing

The skin pigment is injected with a special surgical instrument. Does not always pick the perfect color for tattoos and combine it with the color of healthy skin. Over time, the color of tattooing may change.

Autologous transplants melanocytic

It is expensive, but highly effective procedure. In this procedure, a sample is taken with the normal pigmentation of the skin, and placed in a laboratory dish containing a special cell culture solution to grow melanocytes. When melanocytes proliferate in solution, they are transplanted into the skin depigmentation spots. This procedure is still under study, and used in practical medicine.

During the treatment of vitiligo have to remember about important precautions and maximum protection from sunlight. Sunburn, in addition to the harmful effects, will make the difference between a healthy skin color and spots of vitiligo is more prominent.