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health advisory Hospital Alternative Medicine 2007-11-16 3:13:57

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I think there is Bergamot oil that you need to apply to your skin and then sit under the sun for 15 minutes for a duration of 1 month.

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NB-UVB therapy has several advantages over other therapies for vitiligo. While topical corticosteroid therapy has a success rate of 56 percent, long-term use of corticosteroids can result in thinning of the skin, stretch marks, and dilation of blood vessels.

Another treatment option is oral or topical psoralen plus UVA (PUVA), the latter which has a success rate of 51 percent. However, patients need to ingest or apply psoralen before getting the light treatment, and long term use of oral PUVA for another skin disease, psoriasis, has been associated with an increased incidence of skin cancer. While NB-UVB therapy has been used in Europe since the mid-1980s, there has not been any evidence that it causes an increase in skin cancer

. Cortisone steroids once used liberally in the 1980's often cause more problems than they address. Steroids may initially help for a very short time, however they have often dangerous and longer lasting side effects such thinning of the skin, dilated blood vessels, bruising, skin colour changes and hair loss.

Vitiligo often flares up much worse after discontinuing steroids. Long term use of Cortisone can cause liver and kidney disease and worsen psoriasis. Large amounts of Cortisone are found in the Skin Cap and Blue Cap and other "zinc" sprays, hence these products can be very dangerous. Stop using the steroids and Vitiligo usually returns many times worse than it was prior to using steroids to treat the Vitiligo.