Individualised And Effective Treatment For Segmental Vitiligo

Segmental Vitiligo is characterized by the appearance of patches on one side or segment of the body. The absence of skin pigment cell, melanocyte results in this condition.

The major features of segmental vitiligo are, begins at a younger age, it grows fastly, hairs over the patch and adjacent also become white and medical treatments are not effective Resorting to ineffective conventional treatment for a prolonged time will result in a condition called (treatment)modified vitiligo. Repeated treatment like psoralens (Bakuchi) irritates the skin, and results in color and skin texture mismatch, like irregular pigmentation, scarring, and mixture of dark and light colors. Such modifications might create a problem in getting a satisfactory result even after effective treatment option like noncultured epidermal suspension transplantation.

Individualised approach at MelanoSite

What differentiates MelanoSite and Dr. Anantha Prasad Holla from other treatment providers is the exclusive experience, unmatched expertise, dedicated approach and care they show towards each and every patient, as well as each and every vitiligo type. Prior commencing treatment Dr. Holla will take detailed consultation and evaluation of vitiligo. The type of vitiligo, site of vitiligo, stage of vitiligo, size of the patches, the age of the patient, age at onset of vitiligo, previous treatments and their effect on vitiligo, underlying medical conditions. Compared to conventional treatment which treats all the patients in the same method, it is a new, innovative method which helps the patient achieve satisfactory results. This individualized approach is effective in the patients who had failures in previous treatments. Individualised treatment focuses on “What your vitiligo needs”. It’s not customized treatment where it is “What you want”. Treatment decision is purely in result oriented and cost-effective manner.

Having a decade of exclusive experience in vitiligo treatment and research, Dr. Holla has successfully treated 4500 vitiligo patches and near to 1000 segmental vitiligo patches using his advanced cell transplantation method, noncultured epidermal suspension transplantation. He is specialized in the surgical vitiligo treatment of difficult to treat vitiligo like patches on, Acral area (fingers, hands, toes, feet), eyelids, lip, joints, genital area, areola and nipple, ear and large areas. His expertise services are available in Bangalore and New Delhi with a prior booking of appointments on particularly fixed schedules.

The treatment procedure 

The severity of cell damage in segmental vitiligo such that the melanocytes or the stem cells responsible for regeneration of melanocytes are damaged beyond repair not only over skin but also over hair roots. So, both skin and hairs over it become white. In most of the cases, conventional medical treatment is ineffective. Advanced cell transplantation method proved to be the best option for treating this. This is done when the white spot is not growing (stable) in last six months to one year. A very thin transparent skin layer will be taken from the normal area and skin cell suspension is prepared using a unique method innovated by Dr. Holla. Taking uniform ultra-thin skin layer and preparation of cell suspension with high viable cell yield needs immense expertise. Later cell suspension transplanted over the recipient area using the special technique. The preparation of recipient site and placement of cell suspension and putting dressing in right manner needs utmost experience. Every step in the cell transplantation is very important to achieve satisfying results. If done by an expert, in right manner and in right time this procedure helps attain almost near normal color with texture match and even pigmentation of white areas over white patches over the time.

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