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Phototherapy For Vitiligo

         Pseudocatalase is a therapy that requires UV light for activation of the drug.  Although sunlight can be used as a UV light source patients and physicians can also use UV light devices.  We recommend HomePhotoTherapy.com for all of our patients UV light devices. 

 
Some UV treatments involve the use of topical or oral prescription drugs and the application of UV light to the whole skin or just the lightened areas affected by Vitiligo.

The webmaster of HomePhotoTherapy.com (Chris Cane) recently wrotean article on UVB Narrowband for VSI (Vitiligo Support International). Click here to see the article.

NARROW BAND UVB

Most home UV treatment today is done with Narrow Band UVB. Narrow Band UVB is applied with or without a concurrent drug therapy. At this moment the writer is aware of three "popular" treatments. You and your dermatologist will need to determine which one of these treatments, if any, is best for you.

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Just the Rays

The application of Narrow Band UVB by itself can cause regimentation to begin in many patients. No drugs are applied either topically or orally by the patient. For this treatment you simply expose yourself to Narrow Band UVB rays for a relatively short time on a periodic basis either daily in some cases or 2-4 times a week as prescribed by your doctor. Covering areas unaffected by Vitiligo with opaque clothing or sun screens will reduce the exposure to neighboring areas.

Pseudocatalase and Narrow Band UVB

One of the prominent researchers using Narrow Band UVB and Pseudocatalase is Prof. Karin Schallreuter. One recent publication by her discussing this is a file called PC-KUS.pdf which you can read or download from here. Please "Right Click" on the PC-KUS link to copy the file to your hard drive or simply click on the link to read the 13 page paper. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded for free by clicking here Get Acrobat Reader

 

 

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References:

  1. www.vitiligosupport.com/whatis.cfm  Accessed April 18, 2005
  2. http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/vitiligo/vitiligo.htm  Accessed April 18, 2005
  3. http://www.homephototherapy.com/vit-pcat.htm  Accessed April 18, 2005
  4. http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/biomed/STAFF/KUS/home.html  Accessed April 19,2005
  5. Schallreuter KU, Wood JM, Lemke KR, Levenig C.  Treatment of vitiligo with a topical application of pseudoctalase and calcium in combination with short-term UVB exposure: a case study on 33 patients.  Dermatology.  1995;190(3):223-9.
  6. Schallreuter KU, Moore J, Behrens-Williams S, Panske A, Harari M.  Rapid initiation of repigmentation in vitiligo with Dead Sea climatotherapy in combination with pseudocatalase (PC-KUS).  International Journal of Dermatology.  2002;41(8):482-7.

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