Vitiligo, also known as leukoderma or Phulheri, is a disease affecting color producing cells (melanocytes) and presents as milky white patches on the skin. It has a social stigma associated with it; most of the people think that it can’t be treated. Now a days there are many treatment options available. Most of the patients respond to medical management depending upon site of the disease & color of hairs on the patch. Treatment options include:-

1. Topical creams & lotions.
2. Oral medicines like vitamins, zinc & other medicines
3. Phototherapy ( PUVA & Narrow Band UVB)

Those patients which don’t respond to medical management or who have vitiligo of non hairy areas can be treated with surgery (skin grafting). Surgical treatment options include:-

1. Punch grafting
2. Split skin grafting
3. Suction blister technique
4. Melanocyte transfer
5. Tattooing

Depending upon the area, the type of grafting is chosen & excellent cosmetic results can be achieved, as we have got in thousands of our patients.