Vitiligo Treatment Options in 2023

Vitiligo is a condition where the human body inhibits the pigment producing process of the skin’s pigment cells. This process causes the formation of white patches on the skin on all areas of the body. Surprisingly, the same patches can appear on the tissues inside the mouth and nose as well as in the inner layer of the eyeball. Hair can turn white as well.

The Light Energy + Conduction Therapy directly worked on the Shenque , Quchi and Neiguan acupoints on patient’s body. Those acupoints communicate with the twelve meridians of human body directly. The Light Energy + Conduction Therapy led the medicine permeate into the diseased area, thus increase the effect of Chinese traditional herbal medicine.

Through the effect of light energy, the therapy will transport the nutrition that necessary for melanophore (the cell that can synthesis the melanin) through the microcirculation, and recover the regular function of melanophore.

The therapy will recover the damaged melanophore, recall the activity of tyrosinase in serum, and reduce the period of treatments.

Light Energy + Conduction Therapy can achieve the goal to dredge the meridians of human body, regulate the internal organs and immunity system, promote the blood circulation and microcirculation, promote the re-pigment of disease area.

Narrowband Light Therapy

Narrow-band ultraviolet B (nbUVB) therapy is a form of light treatment where patients are treated in a light booth two to three times a week at a dermatologist’s office or using a home unit. Light therapy – also known as phototherapy – involves regular, brief exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light. The UV rays stimulate melanocytes, the cells in the skin responsible for producing pigment. The key to light therapy is that monitored administration is important for safety and treatment success as too much light could burn the skin, while too little light could lack results. The pros? According to the UMass Vitiligo Clinic and Research Center, nbUVB is currently the most successful treatment for patients with vitiligo. The cons? Treatment comes with a significant time commitment and results can disappear if patients do not keep up with treatment.

Excimer Laser


The excimer laser is a form of light treatment that delivers a highly-focused beam of UVB using a wand-like device. Using a 308nm wavelength of light, which has proven to be effective at treating vitiligo, the laser may stimulate repigmentation in the skin. Although highly effective, it works best when treating small areas of skin. Patients will typically visit their dermatologist’s office for treatments twice a week over four to six months and about 70% of patients see positive results. Pros? It’s highly effective, quick and works well for small areas of vitiligo patches. Cons? It’s time intensive with multiple sessions required over a course of several months.

How to Cure vitiligo with Chinese Medicine

Q: I have white patches on my hands and fingers, elbows, armpits, hips, knees and one foot. I have been taking the vitamin suplementation (vit. D3, B12, Zinc, vit. C, copper and some pills for the liver) and for 2,5 years used UVB treatment. My vitiligo stopped. The patches are not spreading on my body since about 4 years. And I have a partial repigmentation on every patch. But I still have some old white patches, which I want to get rid of. I have a rather pale complexion an my vitiligo is barely seen, but it it bothers me, especially during summer. Do you sell some creams and medications, or maybe you have some advice what to do to get rid of this skin disorder forever?

A: First of all, you should know that different parts have different chances to get cured. For example, acral parts and mucosal parts (like hands, feet, lips, private parts and nipples) are more complicated than other parts, actually, they have little chance to get cured. But don't worry about others, they have much more possibilities to be cured. Nevertheless, much patience should be given because vitiligo is a chronic skin disorder.
So based on your case, the treatment process will be like this,
To avoid vitiligo spreading
To make your orignal skin color back, i mean parts except for acral parts and mucosal parts.
To avoid white patches come again

Secondly, let me tell you something about treatment here. Here in our hospital, vitiligo is treated with physical therapies mainly, Chinese herbal medicine should be taken as supplymentary. Which means that you must come for physical therapies if you really want to access to treatment here. Because some distinctive ones used here are only avaiable in our hospital around the world. With them, patients could get a good improvement.

Characteristic Treatment of Vitiligo in beijing zhongke vitiligo hospital

UM-D Multi Dimensions Treatment System holds that view: vitiligo is a kind of local skin melanocyte apoptosis disease.

Characteristic Treatment of Vitiligo in beijing zhongke vitiligo hospital

Why melanocyte apoptosis or decreases?
The cause is the local skin tissue’s immune system, nutrition environment, and metabolism environment are destroyed.
Then, why skin local melanin production environments are destroyed?
In Chinese medical opinion the cause is human heredity, life environment and habits that trigger the internal organs disorder.
Therefore, vitiligo treatment is not only treat skin, but also adjusting internal organs that is the 1+1+1 UM-D multi dimensions treatments.
Only by this way, we can really control vitiligo’s expansion, once the expansion is controlled that can be the premise of recovery.
1. Firstly, control vitiligo spreading therapy
It is the basic vitiligo treatment. The common treatments apply phototherapy and local external medication, even stimulating local skin to show color change, while the treatment difficulty is big, effectiveness is not that ideal. Many patients didn’t get the expected effectiveness, but losing their confidence of treatments.
2. Re pigmentation
According to the local skin area’s change, melanin can normal product, the skin color gradually recovery to original color.
3. Preventing relapse
From the long term curative aspect, we should take personal condition, internal organs function adjustment into consideration.
Our treatments combined traditional Chinese medicine, western treatments and medicine, and the latest large-scale medical facilities.

You can compare the current treatments, you can figure out the real cause why the vitiligo effects are not ideal and obvious.

Vitiligo Doctor - Zhao mingguo

Zhao MingGuo, who specializes in diagnosis and treatment of vitiligo for more than 30 years, has extensive experiences treating patients with vitiligo of all ages, particularly for patients whose skin condition is quite long-term and severe. He advocates that vitiligo must be treated not only totally-locally but internally-externally in order to get the improvement as soon as possible. For over decades, thousands of patients have already been pushed out of their mire. Besides, he was invited to attend  World Nobel Laureate Biomedical Summit and be interviewed by CCTV (China Central Television) , as well as local TV. He is also a member of editorial board of Chinese Medical Journal and Chinese Vitiligo magazine. Recognized as an important role of domestic normalized diagnosis and treatment of vitiligo by experts and patients, he takes prides of treating patients with vitiligo well.