A prevalent myth is that sunlight exacerbates vitiligo, leading to the development of more patches. In reality, moderate sun ...

Le Poole and her colleagues administered a microbial product weekly to vitiligo-prone mice over an 18-week period. By the end, pigment loss on the mice's backs was reduced by 74%. The product reduced ...

There could be new hope for people afflicted with the skin-discoloring disease, vitiligo. A new treatment reportedly works ...

Skin pigmentation disorders affect people across the world. One of them, vitiligo, is said to have a worldwide incidence of 1 ...

And this has been my life since I developed vitiligo, a skin condition caused by a malfunction of the immune system. This causes white patches on the skin that are completely devoid of pigment due ...

When medical interventions fail, melanocyte keratinocyte transplantation may be the most advanced procedural option for ...

A sugar produced by soil bacteria may be able to stop the loss of skin pigment caused by vitiligo.  | A sugar produced by ...

vitiligo. She explains that this “is an autoimmune disease where your body essentially attacks its skin's pigment, and leaves you having random loss of skin colour in blotches." Beginning as a ...

And for me, when I saw my spot, I kind of got fearful. What challenges have you faced being a person of color with vitiligo? The elephant in the room that we don't speak about is if you're darker ...

Vitiligo is believed to be an autoimmune condition where the body attacks its own healthy melanin-producing skin cells by mistake. It may be hereditary or triggered by a particular event like ...

A man who developed vitiligo as a child said he would not use a controversial treatment that may come to the UK. Ruxolitinib works by removing white patches, but carries some potentially serious ...

Northwestern researchers have made notable advancements in medicine and physics in the past week. The Daily compiled a recap ...