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Phototherapy, Topical Combinations Help Improve Vitiligo

Featured on: Modern Medicine
Publication date: Sep 1, 2009

There is no cure for vitiligo but there are several treatments available. Advances in phototherapy along with creative new treatment combinations are leading to increasingly successful results. The excimer laser and narrowband UVB are both effective in treating the condition, and topical treatments can also help, especially when combined with phototherapy.

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