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Vitiligo Spreading To New Areas. Applying Creams. Suggestions?

I am suffering from vitiligo since past 7 months. Affected areas are beneath the knee-cap, on elbows, near the ears and now slowly near the mouth sides. Have been applying elocon during night hours and Melagain during day time when there is no exposure to sunlight. Now dat the recovery has been very slow, it has recently spread to new areas. Kindly guide
Mon, 17 Jun 2013
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Hi,
Thanks for posting your query to HCM.
It seems from your query that your are suffering from the problem of "progressive Vitiligo".
Vitiligo or white skin disease is an skin problem where the color giving cells are damaged and are not able to produce color to the skin. The resulting condition is manifested as slight decreased pigmentation at first and then slowly and finally progresses to complete white skin problem.
Nevertheless don't get panicky about the problem as it is not at all contagious disease or not going to cause any harm to anything in the body.

It may be of different types ranging from a small patch to generalized forms. IN yours it appears as generalized one which is spreading (Progressive).

There are multiple types of oral and topical treatments or combination treatment available to take care of the problem.
The treatment should only be started by an experienced dermatologist and you must have good patience of multiple of months to see the visible results.
Hope these informations are helpful.

"Wish you good health"

Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
MD (Dermatology)
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Vitiligo Spreading To New Areas. Applying Creams. Suggestions?

Hi, Thanks for posting your query to HCM. It seems from your query that your are suffering from the problem of progressive Vitiligo . Vitiligo or white skin disease is an skin problem where the color giving cells are damaged and are not able to produce color to the skin. The resulting condition is manifested as slight decreased pigmentation at first and then slowly and finally progresses to complete white skin problem. Nevertheless don t get panicky about the problem as it is not at all contagious disease or not going to cause any harm to anything in the body. It may be of different types ranging from a small patch to generalized forms. IN yours it appears as generalized one which is spreading (Progressive). There are multiple types of oral and topical treatments or combination treatment available to take care of the problem. The treatment should only be started by an experienced dermatologist and you must have good patience of multiple of months to see the visible results. Hope these informations are helpful. Wish you good health Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia MD (Dermatology)