Vitiligo is a condition which affects the skin. Melanin is the substance which gives colour to our hair, skin, and eyes. For people with vitiligo, melanin production gets disrupted.
The most obvious sign of this condition are white patches on the skin where the melanocyte cells have failed to deliver Melanin.
Scientists have categorised vitiligo as an autoimmune disorder because they don’t know why vitiligo destroys melanocytes and no external cause seems to be responsible.
Micropigmentation for Vitiligo
Micropigmentation involves implanting small particles of natural pigment under the skin similar to a tattoo. This procedure is sometimes called permanent cosmetics.
Why choose micropigmentation for vitiligo?
Micropigmentation can:
- Help blends the colour of vitiligo to more closely matches that of surrounding skin
- Breaks up the texture of vitiligo skin by softening and flattening it
What you should know about micropigmentation for vitiligo?
- Micropigmentation is a technique in which minute metabolically inert pigment granules are implanted below the epidermis for cosmetic and/or corrective enhancement
- Typically few sessions are necessary according to patients need
- The process is performed in doctors clinic in less than two hours. Topical anaesthetic cream or applied to keep the patient comfortable during the procedure
- Custom blended pigment colour to ensure result so natural that no one can tell you ever had vitiligo
- Results can be seen immediately, through full end results are not apparent for about three weeks