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Psychological Impact of Vitiligo

Psychological Impact of VitiligoPeople with vitiligo often experience psychological impact of vitiligo and emotional problems. Sometimes these people may feel that they seem ugly to other people because of their discoloration. This type of feeling often leads to loss of self confidence and self esteem. They think they are worthless so they stop meeting other people and avoid social activities. There may be a tendency to attribute all the sufferings in their lives to Vitiligo.

On the other hand you will find a whole lot of people who have Vitiligo and still are reasonably successful and read more »

Repigmentation of Stable Vitiligo by Skin Transplantation

Skin TransplantationAccording to two articles in the October issue of The Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals; people who have stable vitiligo can achieve good re-pigmentation by transplanting their own skin from normally pigmented areas of the body.

These articles state that vitiligo is primarily the most common repigmentation of stable vitiligo by skin transplantation and about 1% of the world population is suffering from this skin disorder. read more »

Researchers Discover Vitiligo Gene

Vitiligo GeneThe researchers from St George’s, University of London, the University of They analyzed two independent groups of families enrolled from 1996 – 2005 and obtained samples from a total of 656 Caucasian individuals from 114 extended families with vitiligo and other autoimmune diseases from America and the UK.

When the researchers discover vitiligo genestarted studying vitiligo they found that vitiligo patients had a risk of developing other autoimmune diseases, as do their relative, even those without vitiligo. read more »

Discovery on Manipulating Skin Tone and Color

Tokyo Medical UniversityScientists from the University of Cincinnati and Tokyo Medical University have made a significant discovery towards manipulating skin tone and color. The entailments of this research ranged from helping doctors develop more natural looking bio-engineered skin grafts to helping cosmetics companies build up new products for getting the perfect sunless tan. This research study showed how to discovery on manipulating skin tone and color using cells that were considered to play no important role in this function.
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Skin as Living Coloring Book

cutaneous-biology-research-centerMelanin (insoluble pigment that gives color to skin & hair) is produced by Melanocytes (cell in the basal layer of skin) and then distributed to other cells. But not every cell in layers of skins gets pigmented.

Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cutaneous

Biology Research Center (CBRC) have answered the question about delivery of melanin to appropriate locations. read more »