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Diagnosis & Treatment of Vitiligo
Although a variety of cosmetic management options exist for patients with vitiligo, a medical cure has not been discovered. Patients can learn to cope with their areas of color loss by talking with others who have the same condition, relying on family members and close friends for emotional support, or joining an accredited support group for more information regarding vitiligo. Continue reading
Vitiligo Basics
Vitiligo is a benign, non-contagious skin condition that occurs when melanocytes fail to function properly. Spots and patches of hypopigmentation are not contagious and may grow, shrink or remain the same size depending on the natural response of the affected individual. Continue reading
Vitiligo is featured on The Today Show
Darcel de Vlugt is a lovely young woman with white skin — which would be unremarkable but for the fact that she was born black and never tried to be anything different. Continue reading
Doctor further perfects device to catch skin cancer early
A picture is worth a thousand words, according to a centuries-old proverb.
That saying may be most fitting to Melanoscan, a digital photography system developed by Stamford dermatologist Rhette Drugge that detects skin cancer two years earlier than the human eye, according to a recent study in the Dermatology Online Journal. Continue reading