Vitiligo Treatment

petak, 24.04.2009.

Vitiligo Symptoms

Vitiligo Symptoms

Vitiligo generally called white spots illness as well or Leucoderma, in which the skin loses its pigment due to the annihilation of melanocytes. Melanocytes are such pigment cells which found in the epidermis (the surface layer of the skin) and there are responsible for producing Melanin (a dark pigment that gives skin its color) and protects against ultraviolet radiation., The skin becomes pale when melanocytes stop producing melanin leaving areas of white patches this is called vitiligo.

To describe Vitiligo symptoms, the onset of the vitiligo symptoms is very visible in darker and wheatish skinned people as the contrast of white patches looks obvious against dark skin. The manifestation of flat areas of normal-feeling skin with complete pigment loss is sudden or gradual and appearance of vitiligo symptoms the lesions appear as flat areas with no pigment.

In common the affected areas are the face, elbows, knees, hands feet, and genitalia.
The initial vitiligo symptoms are easily observable with flat white spots or patches on your skin. Vitiligo symptoms usually starts the first white patch appears on the skin area remains exposed to the sun. Vitiligo symptoms do not cause physical discomfort to your skin, such as itching etc.

Vitiligo symptoms, vitiligo most commonly affects traumatic areas particularly on the face, upper chest, hands and groin. It may be widespread, affecting both sides of the body it may affect only one side of the body or it may affect only one localized area.
If the affected area contains hair, the hair may turn white then vitiligo symptoms sharply distinct white patches are seen rather obviously. Sometimes there may be seen by a circular white patch, resembling a halo.
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subota, 18.04.2009.

Melanocytes

Melanocytes are special skin cells which are responsible of skin pigmentation. These cells produce a special pigmentation fluid called melanin for skin. This is dark brown substance, determine skin specific tone.

Melanocytes have great importance in the pigmentation process of skin, because all pigmentation material of skin is generated in melanocytes. When melanocytes in a part of skin are destroyed or deactivated by any reason the causes a colorless patch at that area and the problem is referred as depigmentation in skin.

Melanocyte cells have a close relation to skin condition vitiligo because this condition occurs when melanocytes are destroyed due to some abnormal reaction of body own defense system or some other causes.

Vitiligo Treatment and Melanocytes:

As mentioned vitiligo is depigmentation problem in skin and almost all medical treatment methods work to maintain the production of melanocytes or the productivity of melanocytes itself.

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