Speaking of "folk remedies", I believe that everyone has so many in their minds, what burns to apply toothpaste, card fish thorns to drink vinegar...
But from a scientific point of view, it is not reliable.
We have encountered many patients who have spread the leukoplakia and aggravated the condition due to the use of some folk remedies for the treatment of vitiligo.
Folk remedies, of course, easy to deviate, today we talk about 3 remedies for the treatment of vitiligo, see if you have heard or tried.
Can eating soy sauce darken your skin?
I often hear that "eating more soy sauce" can darken the skin, and I naturally believe it if I hear it more. But does soy sauce really contain a catalyst to promote the synthesis of melanin?
In fact, the production process of melanin, endokinase is essential. The enzyme cannot withstand the corrosion of stomach acid (strong acid). As the dish enters the stomach and encounters stomach acid with a pH = 2, soy sauce loses its activity and cannot promote the normal production of melanin.
Soy sauce does contain tyrosine, which contains about 115mg/100g. Let's take a look at the barley ingredients with whitening effects:
In the same unit of measurement, barley has a much higher complexine content than soy sauce, but barley has a whitening effect. It can be seen that the higher the content of complexine contained in food, it is not the same as the more you promote the production of melanin.
Therefore, eating soy sauce does not darken the skin.
In the same way, judging the effect of food on melanin by the content of food complexine is not credible!
Can vinegar cure vitiligo?
Vinegar applied to the affected area can disinfect and cleanse and promote blood circulation, but it has no effect on the treatment of vitiligo.
Vinegar does not promote the synthesis of melanin in the patient's body, and there is no activation effect on tyrosinase activity, so it is recommended that vitiligo patients do not blindly use vinegar to treat vitiligo.
Can purslane be used to treat vitiligo?
Purslane, also known as purslane, ant dish, melon rice dish and so on. Vitiligo patients know that vitiligo is due to the loss or destruction of melanocytes in the body, and the formation of white spots.
The treatment of vitiligo by purslane has not created a consensus in the medical community.
Purslane can restore melanin and treat melanin, which has not been recognized by the majority of doctors, nor has it been proved by preliminary experiments.
Home remedies treat the three major hidden dangers of vitiligo
Can home remedies be used to treat vitiligo? Does the secret recipe really work? With the research of modern medicine, each patient's condition is different, the disease type and physique are different, and there is no scientific basis for the treatment of vitiligo, secret recipes, special ointments, etc., which not only cannot cure vitiligo, but also leads to the aggravation of the condition of vitiligo patients, and even increases the difficulty of treatment in the future.
Home remedies often have certain safety risks
The causes of vitiligo are complex, and both external and intrinsic triggers can induce vitiligo, including minor trauma, sunburn, infection, and psychiatric factors.
The so-called folk remedies and secret recipes have no scientific basis, and there is no targeted treatment, some even contain a large number of hormones or toxic ingredients, and the use of surface leukoplakia looks improved, and once it is stopped, there will be a serious rebound phenomenon, resulting in a more difficult cure for the disease; Long-term use will increase the burden on the liver and kidneys, resulting in impaired liver and kidney function, thereby aggravating the condition.
Folk remedies are generally one-sided
According to the morphology, location, scope and treatment response of leukoplakia, the clinical symptoms are different, the pathogenesis is also very different, coupled with the difference in the physique of each patient, it is obvious that a single home remedy treatment is unrealistic, and the patient must be rationally analyzed.
Folk remedies lack a rigorous scientific theoretical basis
Most of the folk remedies belong to folk circulation, most of them have no scientific basis, and the effect cannot be guaranteed. Moreover, the Chinese herbal medicines used in folk remedies are natural medicines and their medicinal properties cannot be controlled. Abuse of home remedies may cause certain harm to the patient's health. It can even cause the spread and recurrence of vitiligo, which will lead to aggravation of the disease and induce some diseases that were not there before.
How to treat vitiligo correctly?
If vitiligo wants to recolor, it is necessary to find out the cause and prescribe the right medicine, and the so-called earth-remedies have no scientific basis for medication without a clear understanding of the patient's condition. Due to the many causes of vitiligo, it should be carried out under the guidance of experienced doctors in professional hospitals.
Tests are done first, followed by symptomatic treatment
On the basis of comprehensive examination and understanding of their own etiological conditions, according to the doctor's diagnostic analysis, a suitable whitening plan is formulated for individuals, and the cause and symptomatic treatment are formulated.
During treatment, medication is prescribed by a doctor
During the treatment, it is important to maintain sufficient patience, follow the doctor's instructions, do not take medication by yourself, change the dressing, interrupt the treatment, otherwise it will affect the efficacy and lead to the instability of the white spot condition.
Comprehensive treatment, good whitening effect
A number of clinical studies have shown that compared with a single drug, comprehensive therapy tends to have a better whitening effect and is more favored by patients, such as drug-combined phototherapy, drug-combined melanocyte transplantation, physical therapy combined with melanocyte transplantation, etc.
Because the pathogenesis of vitiligo has not been fully studied, therefore, there is no treatment method that can cure all vitiligo, in the same way, not all vitiligo patients are suitable for the same treatment plan, at this time, it is necessary to take personalized comprehensive treatment methods according to the characteristics of individual pathogenesis. It is hoped that patients will go to the regular vitiligo hospital in time after discovering the white spots, and actively carry out effective treatment so that the white spots can recover as soon as possible and get rid of the problem of vitiligo.