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This girl embraced her skin condition by using her body as a canvas for her art
Business Insider
Ash Soto was just 12 years old when she first noticed a small spot had appeared on her neck. At first, she didn't think anything of it, but when another one appeared soon after, her mom took her to a dermatologist. She was immediately diagnosed with ...

Top May dermatology reads focus on skin self-exams, vitiligo
Healio
Iltefat H. Hamzavi, MD, of the dermatology department at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, and colleagues conducted a retrospective review of electronic records of 100 patients with vitiligo or other leukodermas who underwent melanocyte-keratinocyte ...

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Express.co.uk
Television chef Dean Edwards on living with vitiligo
Express.co.uk
However the truth is that since the age of five I have been affected by a condition called vitiligo. What started out as a small white dot on my foot has spread to many parts of my body over the years and continues to do so. It is not a subject I would ...

NTV Uganda
Understanding vitiligo, a rare skin condition.
NTV Uganda
Vitiligo is a skin condition that causes the peeling of the skin to expose the inner layer. Some studies show that one in every 200 Ugandans has vitiligo. The condition happens because the cells that make pigment in the skin are destroyed. These cells ...

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NTV Uganda
Vitiligo , a rare skin condition ailment
NTV Uganda
Vitiligo is a skin condition that causes the peeling of the skin to expose the inner layer. Some studies show that one in every 200 Ugandans has vitiligo. The condition happens because the cells that make pigment in the skin are destroyed. These cells ...

Melanocyte-keratinocyte transplantation offers long-term repigmentation for vitiligo, leukodermas
Healio
Patients with vitiligo and other leukodermas experienced long-term repigmentation up to 72 months after treatment with a melanocyte-keratinocyte transplantation procedure, according to recently published study results in the Journal of the American ...

NTV Uganda
Vitiligo , a rare skin condition ailment
NTV Uganda
Vitiligo is a skin condition that causes the peeling of the skin to expose the inner layer. Some studies show that one in every 200 Ugandans has vitiligo. The condition happens because the cells that make pigment in the skin are destroyed. These cells ...

Vitiligo, methotrexate studies top weekly dermatology reads
Healio
Research finding that melanocyte-keratinocyte transplantation offered long-term repigmentation for vitiligo and other leukodermas was among the top read articles of the past week on Healio.com/Dermatology.

Udupi: Kasturba Hospital to offer special treatment packages marking World Vitiligo Day
Daijiworld.com
Human body's immune system sees melanocyte pigment cells in the skin as foreign bodies and attacks them, which results in vitiligo. Dr Sathish Pai B, professor and head of the department of Dermatology, Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, said, “Depression, ...

Cyclosporine shows efficacy as post-transplant treatment for vitiligo
Healio
A postoperative drug regimen including cyclosporine after autologous noncultured melanocyte-keratinocyte cell transplant resulted in rapid and uniform repigmentation without any perilesional halo in patients with localized, stable vitiligo, according ...

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