Vitiligo (aka shweta kushta, Kodh, phullehri) is a chronic condition where the skin loses colour. It can affect some of the skin or sometimes skin covering the whole body can be involved.

Most of the patients do not have any underlying problems in the body, others could have associated thyroid disease or other autoimmune conditions.

Treatments for vitiligo are mainly directed towards halting the progression of the disease and attempting repigmentation of affected areas. Treatment can be broadly categorized into medical and surgical.

Medical treatments include different types of creams and lotions, oral pills, phototherapy and photochemotherapy. A large number of patients benefit from medical treatment and are able to keep their vitiligo problem under control.

Sometimes there are certain medical treatment resistant patches, which do not improve even after longtime treatment. Some patients have long standing patches, which haven’t changed shape or number.  All these patients can benefit from vitiligo surgery.

Principal of vitiligo surgery is to introduce pigment forming cells i.e. Melanocytes to the affected area so as to promote colour formation. Today there are various methods to do this ranging from grafting small punch grafts to non-cultured and cultured cell suspensions to the vitiligo patch.

With the advance of medical science and technology, today we are able to provide such surgical solutions to the patients, which achieve natural results with superb colour match.

Please remember, there is no need to think that you are alone in the fight against vitiligo. We are here for you. Talk to us and together we will find a solution to your problem.