{"id":2087,"date":"2018-02-12T11:52:43","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T10:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/?p=2087"},"modified":"2018-10-04T09:42:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T08:42:03","slug":"fototerapia-tratamiento-del-vitiligo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/blog\/fototerapia-tratamiento-del-vitiligo\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter\u2026 It\u2019s phototherapy time for vitiligo treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter is here. The days get shorter, daylight hours diminish and there is less sunlight exposure. At this time of year, phototherapy with domestic-use lamps becomes even more essential for<strong> vitiligo treatment<\/strong>. Let\u2019s take a look at the advantages.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nNarrow-band UVB phototherapy lamps only employ a minimal percentage of the light spectrum, using the ultraviolet light wavelengths medically proven to be the most beneficial. Specifically, around 311 nanometres, equivalent to approximately 1% of solar light waves.<\/p>\n<p>Narrow-band UVB phototherapy offers major advances in the treatment of vitiligo and other skin conditions, such as psoriasis and atopic dermatitis.<\/p>\n<p>The following are some of the benefits of using narrow-band UVB therapy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It contributes to repigmenting areas affected by vitiligo<\/li>\n<li>It helps stop the progression of vitiligo<\/li>\n<li>It stimulates melanocyte reserves<\/li>\n<li>It has fewer side effects than UVA phototherapy and produces fewer burns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Numerous studies have been carried out that confirm the effects of phototherapy with NB ultraviolet UVB, which highlight that the results (visible in over 50% of the cases and especially in cases of focused or segmental vitiligo) occur after a year of treatment.<\/p>\n<p>At Abedul Productos Farmac\u00e9uticos we have a UVB-nb domestic phototherapy lamp, which enables psoriasis and vitiligo patients to locally tan the de-pigmented skin areas in the comfort of their own homes. Used alongside photosensitizers or pigmentation regulators, it improves vitiligo treatment results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter is here. The days get shorter, daylight hours diminish and there is less sunlight exposure. At this time of year, phototherapy with domestic-use lamps becomes even more essential for vitiligo treatment. Let\u2019s take a look at the advantages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}