Effect of sunlight on the treatment of vitiligo

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I have been diagnosed as a vitiligo patient since I was a child. I have been fighting with vitiligo all these years. My condition is sometimes good and sometimes bad. Especially in summer, vitiligo will be more serious. Friends may ask, does the sun have an impact on vitiligo? Can vitiligo patients bask in the sun? Now I'll help you with it

Effect of sunlight on the treatment of vitiligo

First of all, after suffering from vitiligo as little as possible in the sun, white spots are more sensitive to the sun, after exposure to the sun is easy to turn red or water sores, at this time there will be burning pain. It is easy to diagnose, but difficult to cure. Patients with vitiligo should be careful to use decolorizing cosmetics, try to avoid emotional fluctuations and mental tension.

Secondly, especially in the treatment period, the sun also has an impact on its efficacy, UV radiation is small, reduce the spread of leukoplakia. In winter, the direct contact between skin and sunlight is reduced, and the ultraviolet rays in the sunlight are also relatively reduced. The cold and dry climate can reduce the diffusion speed of white spots. Less perspiration, good for drug absorption. When the temperature drops in winter, the secretion of human sweat decreases, and the drugs will not be discharged with sweat after being absorbed by the body, which is more conducive to the absorption and play of drugs.

Finally, vitiligo skin itself has poor resistance to these factors. The melanin content of vitiligo patients' skin lesions is less, and their resistance to ultraviolet rays is poor. If the irradiation intensity is high, it is easy to cause skin inflammation after exposure, which further leads to the damage of melanin cells and the loss of the ability to produce melanin, which will deepen the condition of vitiligo patients.

matters needing attention

Vitiligo patients are not unable to see the sun, is to try to rare the sun, especially in the sun is particularly big, try to go out, should try to avoid skin damage, there are many patients with skin injury after vitiligo; some whitening cosmetics should be less or not. You should also avoid sun exposure, especially at noon. Vitiligo in the face and hands should be less sun.