Fortunately, our board-certified dermatologists are experts in handling vitiligo and can provide effective treatment to help your skin regain its pigmentation. Our advanced treatments work flawlessly on your vitiligo condition, providing treatment here in Atlanta that can control this skin disease and leave you confident in your skin appearance.
Skin Depigmentation
If you have unsightly patches of skin depigmentation caused by vitiligo, you have treatment options at Olansky Dermatology & Aesthetics in Atlanta, GA. Vitiligo involves patches of skin, on any location of your body, that have depigmentation. This is caused when skin cells, melanocytes, are destroyed. While there is no cure for vitiligo, there are effective treatments to lessen the severity of your depigmentation.
What Causes Vitiligo?
The exact cause of vitiligo is unknown. However, most experts agree that it is an autoimmune condition in which the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys certain cells within the body and causes depigmentation of the skin. There are specific risk factors associated with vitiligo including family history of the disease and autoimmune diseases such as Hashimoto’s disease and alopecia.
