What are the Individual Differences in Vitiligo Treatment?

Individual differences refer to age, mental state, personality, temperament, living habits, work and rest patterns, nightlife habits, the presence of tobacco and alcohol addiction, obesity, physical health status, and the presence of other diseases combined with their own conditions.

Vitiligo patients would have some questions in the process of disease treatment, such as why we have vitiligo on hand, other patients have better treatment effects than me. This is because of various reasons, there are variabilities in the treatment of vitiligo.

The factors that affect the difference in individual treatment effects are mainly the number of melanocyte distribution, the active degree, the sparseness of hair follicle distribution, the length of the disease, etc. Vitiligo is a stubborn skin disease, patients need enough patience in the process of treatment.

The number of melanocyte distribution, active degree for vitiligo treatment effect is mainly the number of melanocyte distribution in different parts of the human body is different, the significant difference in the number of active epidermal melanin units in different parts of the human body constitutes the difference in skin color, it also affects the treatment effect of vitiligo. For example, the melanocyte distribution of the face is dense and active, and the melanin metabolism is vigorous, so the treatment effect is good and the course is short, especially for the first cases, and the white spots often fade in a very short time. On the other hand, the melanocytes in the small abdomen are less distributed and less active, so the treatment effect is poor and the course of treatment is long.

The sparseness of hair follicle distribution is mainly effective for vitiligo treatment because melanocytes in normal skin are a kind of functional melanocytes that can synthesize melanin. The density of hair follicles varies despite gender, age, individual, and location. The forehead and cheek hair follicles are 4-6 times more than the trunk and extremities. This is one of the main reasons why vitiligo is effective on the face and the small abdomen is the worst.

The shot duration of vitiligo treatment is mainly because the melanocytes on the vitiligo area have not been completely destroyed, in hair follicle parts still have inactive melanocytes. Therefore, insisting on early diagnosis and early treatment is a problem that both patients and doctors need to pay attention to.