Feng Xiaogang had vitiligo.
This matter, many netizens know, is not news.
Feng Dao also never shy away from talking about vitiligo, and also disclosed his attitude on the Internet:
Work is too busy, let it go!
Feng Dao's willfulness has brought a bad head to vitiligo patients.
Wei Fang, director of the Department of Dermatology at the First People's Hospital of Zhengzhou, is an expert in the treatment of vitiligo.
When she sat in the clinic, she often heard vitiligo patients complain:
Feng Xiaogang was so rich, he did not cure vitiligo, and explained that purpura could not be cured.
Director Wei Fang reminded everyone:
In the face of vitiligo, do not be biased by Feng Dao,
Vitiligo can be cured.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="156" >01 Vitiligo in a stable phase is easier to cure</h1>
Vitiligo is a disease that is easily recognizable.
Wei Fang said that vitiligo is an acquired depigmentation dermatosis skin mucosal disease and is a common disease.
Caused by a decrease or loss of functional melanocytes in the skin or hair follicles, manifested by localized or complete loss of generalized pigmentation, i.e., the appearance of leukoplakia somewhere or more of the body.
Vitiligo can occur in all parts of the body.
It is commonly found on the back of the fingers, wrists, forearms, face, neck and genitals, etc., and can also occur in the female vulva, mostly young women.
Because vitiligo has a great impact on appearance, it will bring a heavy psychological burden to patients.
Clinically, vitiligo is usually divided into three types: limited, sporadic and generalized.
Limited type refers to:
One or more leukoplakia are segmented.
There are three types of sporadic types:
(1) Common type: leukoplakia is distributed in many places on the surface of the body
(2) Facial acromegaly: leukoplakia is distributed on the face and distal to the limbs
(3) Mixed type: The above types are composed of different combinations, such as facial acromegaly type, segment type, etc.
Generalizability refers to:
All or most of the body is depigmented, the skin of the whole body is completely or almost completely affected, and the hair may be whitish.
Wei Fang said that in general, vitiligo with a smaller area is easier to treat, and vitiligo in the stable stage is easier to treat than in the development period.
Stable vitiligo refers to:
Patients with vitiligo have no enlargement of leukoplakia on the body for half a year, and no other new leukoplakia is detected, on the contrary, if the leukoplakia is enlarged, or there are new leukoplakia, it is a progressive stage.
In addition, it can also be distinguished from the signs, it is generally believed that the white spot realm is clear and clear, and the phenomenon of pigmentation around it is also a manifestation of vitiligo entering a stable period.
The stabilization and development phases of vitiligo can both exist at the same time and can also be interchanged, and the stabilization phase mentioned here is aimed at the white spots throughout the patient's body.
Therefore, the key to treating vitiligo is to let vitiligo enter a stable period.
As for how to let vitiligo enter a stable period, Wei Fang said:
Due to different individual constitutions and different situations, it is necessary to customize individual treatment plans according to the situation of each patient. In general, it takes several months for a patient to enter a stable phase after treatment.
"In addition, we need to remind everyone that vitiligo patients must go to regular hospitals for treatment, so as not to aggravate their own condition," Wei Fang added.
She has encountered many patients who are in a hurry to go to the hospital, and after treatment by informal medical institutions, not only has the condition not been alleviated, but also due to excessive use of certain drugs, liver function has been damaged.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="154" >02 There are good tricks for quickly treating vitiligo</h1>
When the patient entered the stable stage of vitiligo through pre-treatment, Wei Fang had a clever trick to quickly treat vitiligo.
This trick is: autologous epidermal transplant treatment
Without further ado, go straight to the picture.
Pictured after treatment of a patient
It is hard to imagine that this patient had a large area of vitiligo on the head, as follows.
Pictured before treatment of a patient
Wei Fang said that vitiligo autologous epidermal transplant surgery is a kind of surgery that is difficult to say, and it is not simple and simple, many doctors will do it, but some people just can't do it well.
The reason is that this operation is like needlework, which is a test of the doctor's patience.
If you want to do a good job of autologous epidermal transplantation, it often takes three or four hours to polish little by little, so as to ensure the survival rate after surgery. So usually you can't do two or three transplants a day.
Wei Fang jokingly told Lao Cai that if there were more patients, they would all be overwhelmed.
Autologous epidermal transplant treatment refers to:
The epidermis of the skin is extracted from the patient's normal skin, and after a series of treatments, the active skin is implanted to the affected area, and then through special drugs, the pigment is continuously increased, and finally the skin in the affected area returns to normal.
The advantages of autologous epidermal transplant surgery in the treatment of vitiligo are obvious:
1. The patient's autologous transplantation is safe and non-rejection
2. The transplant is the surface layer of the patient's skin and will not produce additional scars
3. Double physical effect skin separation, accurate and safe without traces
4. There are no sequelae, and the treatment will go with the treatment
After the skin grafting operation is completed, it is not the same as completely completing the treatment, and the follow-up daily care is also crucial.
Wei Fang suggested that after skin grafting, the affected area should try not to get wet, avoid contact with irritating substances, eat some light food, especially supplement some foods containing more melanin, and maintain a good mood, which can speed up the recoloration of the leukoplakia area and improve the efficiency of treatment.
However, there are always some patients who are not suitable for surgery or do not want to operate, if conventional treatment does not improve them, is there no possibility of cure?
Don't worry, keep looking down.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="131" >03 Cure vitiligo, fast</h1>
Over the years, many vitiligo patients have asked Wei Fang a question, in the future, is it possible that vitiligo will be like a cold, fever, allergies, eat a little, smear some medicine to cure?
This wish, in the near future, is likely to come true.
In May, the oldest biotechnology company in the United States (Genetic Engineering Technologies) announced the results of a Phase 3 clinical trial of a cream that can treat vitiligo.
The results showed that the cream had significant efficacy in the treatment of vitiligo and had a good safety profile. Compared with the control group, the cream had a significant improvement effect on the patient's facial vitiligo severity index score and systemic skin lesion complex.
Genetic Engineering Technologies plans to submit market applications for the cream for vitiligo treatment in the United States and the European Union in the second half of this year.
If approved, the cream will be the first and only drug used to treat vitiligo with skin lesions.
In addition, large pharmaceutical companies at home and abroad are vigorously researching new drugs for the treatment of vitiligo, such as biologics. Once they are successfully developed, they are not far from curing vitiligo.
I hope that all vitiligo patients will not be discouraged and face life positively and optimistically.
Technology is so developed, maybe one day when you wake up, scientists will overcome vitiligo.