Alternative Therapies in Vitiligo
March 2018
TLDR Some alternative treatments for vitiligo show promise but need more research to confirm their safety and effectiveness.
The document reviewed various alternative therapies for vitiligo, highlighting the need for treatments that either prevent depigmentation or work synergistically with standard therapies. It discussed both long-standing and newly emerged therapies, including khellin, 5-fluorouracil, alpha lipoic acid, Ginkgo biloba, pseudocatalase, melagenine, minoxidil, tar, afamelanotide, rituximab, a selectively permeable for narrowband UVB sunscreen, minocycline, bimatoprost, basic fibroblast growth factor-derived peptide, and piperine. The document emphasized that many of these therapies required further research to confirm their efficacy and safety before they could be widely adopted.
