In a survey of pediatric patients with vitiligo, only 51.4% were offered narrowband ultraviolet B (NB-UVB) phototherapy, and 45.1% received this treatment before the age of 18 years. The main barriers ...

Statistically significant increase in pigmentation on areas of vitiligo for total body, areas of head and neck (VASI, p<0.001 at Day 196), as well hands, upper extremities, trunk and lower extremities ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At week 24, the ritlecitinib plus nbUVB group saw a higher facial vitiligo severity change from baseline vs. the ...

Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease that destroys skin pigment, leaving areas of skin looking like they've been bleached white. Although things like steroid creams may help in some cases, often there ...

Imagine feeling perfectly healthy on the inside, but on the outside something looks wrong. For millions of people who suffer from vitiligo, a disease in which patients experience a complete loss of ...

Case reports describe repigmentation of vitiligo with facial involvement in Hispanic woman, white man (HealthDay News) — The combination of the janus kinase (JAK) 1/3 inhibitor tofacitinib and ...

Doctors have discovered a combination of treatments that can return color to skin that has been lightened by vitiligo — the skin disease that turned Michael Jackson’s skin white. The new therapy ...

Dr Dunn leads a discussion outlining frontline therapies for the treatment of vitiligo. Jeffrey D. Dunn, PharmD, MBA: What therapies are being used? Are they generally covered by different books of ...

I’ve been a vitiligo researcher for almost 20 years. While it affects people of all races and ethnicities equally, it’s more visible in people with darker skin tones. As a result, they may be more ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. — When patients with vitiligo see Jessica Shiu, MD, PhD, for the first time, some mention that prior healthcare providers have told them that vitiligo is merely a cosmetic issue — ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ultraviolet B phototherapy was not linked to an increased risk of skin cancer (adjusted HR = 0.91). The number ...

David Epstein, MD, MBA, an independent consultant, gives an overview of payer considerations surrounding vitiligo. Jeffrey D. Dunn, PharmD, MBA: Let me go down that path a little further and bring Dr ...