What should vitiligo patients pay attention to in winter?

In different seasons, there are many different matters should be payed attention to. For example, in spring and in summer, vitiligo is easy to spread. In spring and summer, the vitiligo will become serious. Because the change of ultraviolet will arouse the change of normal skin color. Because of the strength of sunlight in different seasons is different, the quantity of melanin generated by melanophore is also different. In summer, the ultraviolet ray is a little strong and the quantity of melanin will be more. Therefore, human skin will be deeper than other seasons. On the contrary, in winter, the melanin will be less. So people skin will be whiter than in other seasons. And in winter, here are some things you should pay attention to.

First, in daily life, you should supplement some foods containing enough tyrosine and mineral substance: meat(beef, rabbit meat, lean pork ), animal livers, egg(quail egg, duck egg), milk and yoghourt,vegetables(carrot, eggplant, winter bamboo shoot, black fungus , kelp), bean(soya bean, pea, mung bean, bean products), peanut, black sesame, walnut, raisin, snail, clam and etc. Vitiligo patients are lack of some trace elements in their blood and white spots area. And then the tyrosinase activity will decrease and influence the metabolism of melanin. Therefore, patients should eat more food containing copper, zinc and iron to increase the tyrosinase activity and promote the synthesis of melanin.

Then, the weather in winter is a little dry. Therefore, it is important to supplement water. The temperature in winter is a little low and the dry weather will lead to the dry skin. In daily life, vitiligo patients should pay attention to the protect for skin. Keep your skin moist. Take a scientific bath. There are some taboos you should avoid: don’t wash too often, don’t use too hot water to wash, don’t use too strong strength to rub your skin, don’t use strong alkaline soap. When you wash your white spots area, you should be soft lest damaging the lesion positions. Use some body lotion to keep your skin smooth.

Third, it is necessary to do some exercise in winter. Wear soft and loose clothes. No matter outdoor or in gym, you should keep warm to avoid a cold. Drink enough water and avoid spicy food. Don’t drink wine and stop smoking.

If you want a further knowledge about vitiligo causes, you can send your own problem to vitiligocure@hotmail.com and we will give you a professional solution. After all, the symptoms are similar, but the real conditions are different.To treat this illness,we need to find the authentic pathogenesis according to different conditions of different patients.