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Doctor insights on: Over The Counter Treatment For Vitiligo

Yes: Vitiligo is believed to be autoimmune in nature and it is unpredictable in behavior. There are variants of vitiligo that are benign and do not spread. ...Read more

Limited: Oral vitamins including b complex, vitamin c and Folic Acid along with ginkgo biloba are sometimes helpful in repigmentation skin. However localized vitiligo is best treated with phototherapy such as narrow band uvb. There are home units available by prescription form a dermatologist if multiple office visits is not practical. ...Read more

Skin grafting: For stable vitiligo (patients with no new spots for more than 2 years) there is the option of skin grafting. Success rates vary but many patients will see improvement with the removal of normal skin usually from the thigh and grafting of that normal skin to areas of vitiligo. ...Read more

Yes but: the odds of recovery are low. UVB-NB phototherapy however may be worth a try. ...Read more

Now: Protopic and narrow band uv-b light therapy. ...Read more

See below: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vitiligo/ds00586/dsection=treatments-and-drugs.

Vitiligao: This is an idiopathic condition that has no universillay accepted treatment. In use are psoralen followed by puva, oxsoralen ultra, pseudo-catalase and calcium followed by uvb, calcipotriene and uvb treatments, surgical grafting with keratinocyte co-cultures, certain 308 excimer laser treatments with or without tacrolimus. Obvious discuss this with your skin doctor as there are even newer treatmen. ...Read more

No miracle: I can't think of any cream which is truly effective in restoring pigment to the skin. ...Read more

See a dermatologist: Vitiligo seems to be an autoimmune disease that is difficult to treat. In principle, there are medications to try and stop the disease, medications to try and darken the depigmented areas or to reduce the pigment in the remaining skin. It depends on the extent of the skin affected. None of the treatments is fully successful. See a dermatologist who has lots of experience with the disease. ...Read more

Vitiligo or fungus: Are you sure he has vitiligo and not taenia alba or tinea versicolor. Check with a dermatologist. He may want to take a culture to verify the diagnosis. If is vitiligo check his thyroid. ...Read more