{"id":610,"date":"2016-04-18T16:56:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T15:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/?p=610"},"modified":"2018-02-07T11:37:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T10:37:01","slug":"vitiligo-se-tratamiento-mas-adecuado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/blog\/vitiligo-se-tratamiento-mas-adecuado\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitiligo: How do I know which treatment is best for me?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The different lines of treatment for vitiligo are based on stopping the de-pigmentation of the skin and re-pigmenting affected areas. The choice of treatments is conditioned by the type of vitiligo suffered by each patient.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Normally treatments are long and use a combination of different fronts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stimulation of the melanin with controlled exposure to sun-light or <strong>narrow band ultraviolet radiation<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The oral or topical administration de <strong>photo-sensitizers<\/strong>, as in the case of<strong> L_Phenylalanine<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Antioxidants<\/strong> such as Superoxide Dismutase <strong>SOD<\/strong>, an enzyme that is found in our bodies with the important task of reducing oxidative stress and free radicals, avoiding damage to healthy melanocytes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the case of <strong>focal vitiligo<\/strong> (hands, face, genital area, etc.), a combination of pigmentation regulating gel is recommended (Meladul), applying it twice a day on affected areas, with narrow band ultraviolet B lamp phototherapy three times a week and always an hour after applying Meladul. To obtain results, the treatment duration should last between 6 and 24 months.<\/p>\n<p>If the <strong>vitiligo affects more extensive hair follicle areas<\/strong> (legs, arms, trunk, etc.) a combination of L-Phenylalanine with phototherapy is recommended as follows: take Fenadul capsules all together three times a week (i.e. 6 capsules for 60 kilos of weight), then 15 minutes later, apply Fenadul gel on the areas requiring re-pigmentation, then use the narrow band UVB lamp on the affected areas. Just as with the other case, the duration need to obtain results should be between 6 and 24 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The different lines of treatment for vitiligo are based on stopping the de-pigmentation of the skin and re-pigmenting affected areas. The choice of treatments is conditioned by the type of vitiligo suffered by each patient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1663,"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":[22],"class_list":["post-610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-tratamiento-del-vitiligo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610","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=610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}