Nourishing Your Skin and Body: The Role of Diet in Vitiligo Management Vitiligo, a skin condition characterized by the loss of skin pigment, can have a significant impact on a person’s appearance and self-esteem. While there’s no definitive cure for vitiligo, there are various
Do you want to know how UV radiation helps in re-pigmentation in vitiligo continue reading to know more……….. What is vitiligo? Vitiligo is a skin condition that affects millions of people worldwide, characterized by the loss of melanin pigmentation in certain areas of the skin. This loss of pigmentation can be socially and psychologically distressing, […]
Vitiligo is a chronic skin condition that results in the loss of pigmentation in various parts of the body. The cause of vitiligo is not fully understood, but it is believed to be an autoimmune disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks and destroys the melanocytes (pigment-producing cells) in the skin. Re-pigmentation is the […]
Sun is one of the most important sources of natural light and vitamin D. The role of sunlight in treating skin conditions, including vitiligo, has been well documented. Vitiligo is a skin condition that results in the loss of pigmentation, causing white patches to appear on the skin. Sunlight can help to restore the pigmentation […]
What Exactly Is Psoriasis? Psoriasis is a skin condition in which skin cells proliferate up to ten times faster than usual. This causes the skin to develop rough red patches covered in white scales. They can form everywhere, but mostly they appear on the scalp, elbows, knees, and lower back. Psoriasis often manifests itself in […]
Achieve friendship between psoriasis and Sun Psoriasis is multi-organ level, progressive autoimmune disorder of the skin where the skill cell turnover time reduces, resulting in the formation of the progeny cells that are dissimilar, less identical and carry less to no functional benefit to the skin. Since the origin or the exact trigger of the […]
Those who feel ‘paradise lost’ need not worry too much about the loss of paradise, the paradise can be regained easily with Verdura Melagain cream. The phrase ‘paradise’ herein refers to loss of skin pigment due to the autoimmune disease called Vitiligo which is popularly referred as leukoderma. The achromic skin devoid of the pigment […]
Psoralens are medicines made from plants. They make your skin more sensitive to light. This allows the deeply penetrating UVA band of light to work on the skin. Mechanism of action Psoralens boost the amount of ultraviolet light your skin absorbs. This lets the light into your skin. The ultraviolet radiation helps treat severe skin diseases like psoriasis, vitiligo […]
PUVA is an acronym. The P stands for psoralen, the U for ultra, the V for violet, and the A for that portion of the solar spectrum between 320 and 400 nanometers in wavelength. Psoralens are chemicals found in certain plants that have the ability to absorb ultraviolet light in the UVA portion of the […]
Pigmentation refers to the coloring of the skin. Melanin is the pigment responsible for skin color. Melanin acts as a protective barrier against the harmful effects of ultraviolet (UV) rays. Melanin offers antioxidant activity by scavenging for reactive oxygen species produced via UV. What happens if you don’t have enough melanin? Melanin in excess – Hyperpigmentation […]