What is Solution to Lip Vitiligo?
Lip vitiligo is a serious issue as this is very visible and not socially accepted.
Two type of lip vitiligo are reported .one is acrofacial vitiligo or lip tip vitiligo and other is herpes induced vitiligo.
Lip vitiligo starts for extremities like finger tips and finger of feet. Then it spreads to male genital areas and then to lips.
Other type of lip vitiligo is caused due to herpes zooster virus. Here a small boil erupts on lip and after it gets recovered it gets converted in to vitiligo.
Treatment depends upon cause of disease .Herpes induced vitiligo need anti viral medication like acyclovir to be applied and used internally under doctor supervision.
Lip tip type of acrofacial vitiligo which is very common need to managed by qualified doctor. Self medication is not advised.
Very mild psorlin base medication in combination with melbild and tacrolimus are used. White patch is exposed to sun for some time. Recovery is just 15% in three months under guidance.
If patient want quick recovery then surgical approach is also advisable. Split thickness grafting is recommended in lip vitiligo patients. I
In some cases medical pigmentation is also recommended but should be done by very qualified person. So lip vitiligo no self medication very expert doctor who had worked extensively in vitiligo. You can contact Kayakalp Global for more details.
