Showing posts with label vitiligo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vitiligo. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Treatments for vitiligo

Cochrane: Vitiligo is a chronic skin disorder characterised by patchy loss of skin colour. Some people experience itching before the appearance of a new patch. It affects people of any age or ethnicity, more than half of whom develop it before the age of 20 years.

Vitiligo

Orphanet: Vitiligo is an acquired and progressive skin disorder characterized by circumscribed hypomelanosis of the skin and hair. It affects 0.5-1% of the world's population, irrespective of gender and race. Thus it is not a rare disease.