Several vitiligo treatments are available but no cure for vitiligo has been discovered yet. Vitiligo has been a big mystery since from its very beginning and many people have many misconceptions about it. Its causes are not known and people say different things about its cause. Some say that it is caused by eating fish and drinking milk at the same while others have a different story about it. But physicians mainly give three reasons about the cause of vitiligo, one of which is inheritance, the second is that it is caused by other autoimmune diseases such as thyroid disease, diabetes mellitus, and pernicious anemia. The third cause is that it is caused by a single event such as severe sunburn or mental stress.
Now coming towards the treatment of vitiligo, several treatment are available for re-pigmenting the lost skin color but no permanent cure is available. These treatments helps in re-pigmentation by using different methods like phototherapy, herbal remedies, topical steroid therapy, surgical treatments, laser treatments, tattooing and combination of phototherapy with psoralen. All these treatments differ in the time taken to re-pigment the skin and also cost of treatment.
Tattooing is also used for treating vitiligo. This tattooing is no different than the traditional tattooing. The main difference between the two is that instead of creating different patterns on skin, pigment is transferred into the skin either by using the traditional methods or by using the latest surgical tools. The effectiveness of this treatment depends on the quality and color of the pigment used. If the pigment used exactly matches your skin color then nobody would be able to recognize the difference between the affected skin and normal pigmented skin. The match of the color depends on the experience of the person doing tattooing. The quality factor decides the age of the re-pigmentation results. The re-pigmentation done by this method may start getting fade after a few years. You must select a certified licensed professional for tattooing your skin.
