Vitiligo skin disorder

Vitiligo is a Latin language word whose meaning is calf. It is the skin disorder who cause of the dual coloration of skin. Due to depigmentation skin special cells melanocytes stops performing its function due to deficit production of melanin cells in skin. Melanocytes cells are present in the Basel layer of the skin. Melanin cells produce yellow, black & dark brown pigment substances in skin. The roles of pigments are to give skin a natural coloration by detecting it. Due to lower productivity of pigment cells in skin because of the various internal or external causes includes heredity, auto immunity, sun burn or sun exposure, physical illness, physical injuries, harmful impact of medication, stress etc; skin changes its natural color pattern.

The vitiligo symptoms include the appearance of white spots or patches on skin. Due to attack of vitiligo symptoms on hairs follicles hairs color becomes graying. Skin mucous membrane and retina of eye are also damage because of the disease.

The appearance chances of vitiligo disease are equal in male & female, with no age, race bar. The disease affects approximately 40 to 50 million people of the world wide by the percentage of 1 to 2 percent.

The vitiligo skin disorder patches spreading process on body areas is a progressive in a nature. The white patches are appeared in small in size and become large by the end of time.

Many patient loss their confidence when they come to know that they are suffering from incurable vitiligo disease. They stop eating food and taking medicines. People around them including their friends & relatives also add their misery in them. For this psychotherapy encourages patients and rebuild their psychological & emotional consequences so that they face the disease and try to cope with their negative emotional aspects regarding the disease. The treatments of vitiligo disorder includes photochemotherapy, Ayurvedic treatment, homeopathic treatment, skin grafting via blistering, skin transplantation etc.