Vitiligo

PDT has an advantage in that it can combine easily with other therapies, thereby increasing its effectiveness rates.

Several dietary approaches have been proposed to play a role in the pathogenesis, management, and/or therapy of diseases such as vitiligo.

Seemal Desai, MD, shares highlights from his session at Winter Clinical Hawaii.

Two specialists discuss prevalence, patient communication, and exciting new therapy.

The melanocytes attacked by the autoimmune disease are present in the eyes and ears, not just the skin, so vitiligo can adversely affect vision and hearing.

Because vitiligo affects appearance, people with vitiligo are disproportionately affected by psychiatric conditions, including depression.

Phototherapy can serve an important role in the therapeutic armamentarium of vitiligo as it is safe, cost-effective, and can treat patients with large areas of disease.

Vitiligo can have a profound effect on mental health and quality of life.

Israeli researchers find more than five fold risk of developing systemic sclerosis among people with vitiligo.

A recent systematic review on surgical therapies for vitiligo examined surgical therapies such as punch grafting, suction blister epidermal grafting, and cellular grafting techniques

Vitiligo, an autoimmune skin condition that causes depigmentation, can have a large effect on a patient’s quality of life and psychosocial well-being.

At the 2022 Fall Clinical Dermatology Conference, 5 practitioners share their best tips for treating their patients

Improvement of vitiligo repigmentation in patients can result in higher Vitiligo Noticeability Scale values when assessed from patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) versus traditional investigator-assessed studies.

The search for the causes of vitiligo continues. The findings in this study stand in contrast to another one conducted in eastern China that showed a high percentage of children with vitiligo had thyroid abnormalities.

A recent review article lists six other JAK inhibitors that might be used as treatments for vitiligo in addition to ruxolitinib, the active ingredient in recently approved Opzelura.

A case study reviewed an 11-year-old male for loss of pigmentation of the right side of his back and right arm.

At the Skin of Color Update 2022 meeting, Pearl Grimes, MD, shares her thoughts on the recent approval of ruxolitinib cream.

Improvement of vitiligo repigmentation in patients can result in higher Vitiligo Noticeability Scale values when assessed from patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) versus traditional investigator-assessed studies.

Pigmentary disorders of the skin can be the cause of significant psychological distress in affected patients.

Hiring investigators of color, educating and building trust with potential participants, and addressing funding can make clinical trials more diverse.

Frank discussions about managing the disorder can boost patients’ self-esteem and quality of life.

Pearl Grimes, MD, FAAD, and director of the Grimes Center of Medical and Aesthetic Dermatology and the Vitiligo & Pigmentation Institute of Southern California in Los Angeles, explains why the FDA approval of ruxolitinib cream 1.5% is monumental in the treatment of vitiligo.

Ruxolitinib (Opzelura) cream is the first and only FDA-approved treatment for patients with vitiligo.

At the SPD 2022 47th annual meeting, investigators share data on the treatment of ruxolitinib for this chronic autoimmune disease.

At the SPD 2022 47th Annual Meeting, researchers delve into the safety and practicality of using narrow-band UVB phototherapy on children with vitiligo.

An extraordinary display of posters at this year's Society for Pediatric Dermatology annual conference.

Ruxolitinib cream 1.5% may soon be the first FDA-approved treatment for repigmentation of vitiligo. Experts share what dermatologists need to know regarding efficacy, safety, and cost of this topical drug.

In this drug pipeline video, Pearl Grimes, MD, FAAD, and Seemal R. Desai, MD, FAAD discuss what's currently happening in the vitiligo pipeline including why current treatments are lacking, what's coming soon, and what it may cost.

Vitiligo is challenging to treat; fortunately, continued research has led to improvements and refinements in options, giving much-needed hope to patients with this skin condition.

VYNE Therapeutics announced positive preclinical data of a lead BET inhibitor reducing melanocyte loss and key inflammatory biomarkers from an ex vivo skin model of vitiligo.