Vitiligo Treatment in Chennai
Vitiligo is a condition in which the skin loses its pigment cells (melanocytes) resulting in discoloured patches in different areas of the body, including the skin, hair and mucous membranes. The treatment for Vitiligo has developed in multi-folds during modern times, varying from effective ayurvedic medications to advanced surgeries. We have also heard from our patients who have tried homeopathy treatments for vitiligo. The results from homeopathy are promising to some of our patients and it is again subjective. The most preferred and advisable procedure concentrates on treating the area that has a loss of pigment.
Some of the latest procedures of vitiligo surgery helps to replace the melanin pigments from the natural skin to the vitiligo affected area. These techniques are:
• Punch graft technique
• Melanocyte’s cell-culture transfer technique
These procedures are performed within a few minutes to hours. With good post-surgical care and good maintenance of the skin after surgery, the patients can expect good results.
Vitiligo surgery treatment is a minor- surgery, where the normal skin is grafted from inner thigh, buttocks and transferred to white patch of the vitiligo skin.
Vitiligo surgery is a minor surgery, a kind of day care surgery. It can extend from 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Melanocytes (the color giving cells) of the normal skin are obtained by certain process and it is transferred to the white path of vitiligo skin.
