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Dealing with common skin complaints

by Rebecca Barnes
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Uneven pigment and vitiligo
What is it: Uneven pigmentation can be caused by environmental stress, excessive UV exposure, the production of excess melanin which clumps together in cells, or a continued increase in melanin production and a slowing down in melanin dispersion, which highlights the difference between pigmented and normal skin areas, with the skin appearing uneven. In contrast, vitiligo is a disorder in which patches of white skin appear on various parts of the body. The skin is white because the cells responsible for producing brown pigment have disappeared. There are more than half a million vitiligo sufferers in the UK, with 50 per cent of cases appearing before the age of 20.

How to treat it: Steroid creams and PUVA - a combination of medication (psoralens) and UVA treatment are the conventional treatment methods.

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