Unconventional Treatments for Vitiligo: Are They (Un) Satisfactory?

Serena Gianfaldoni; Georgi Tchernev; Jacopo Lotti; Uwe Wollina; Francesca Satolli; Miriam Rovesti; Katlein FranÃ§a; Torello Lotti

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2018.038

Authors

Serena Gianfaldoni University G. Marconi of Rome, Dermatology and Venereology, Rome 00192
Georgi Tchernev Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatologic Surgery, Medical Institute of Ministry of Interior (MVR-Sofia), General Skobelev 79, 1606 Sofia; Onkoderma - Policlinic for Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatologic Surgery, General Skobelev 26, 1606, Sofia
Jacopo Lotti University G. Marconi of Rome, Dept. of Nuclear, Subnuclear and Radiation Physics, Via Plinio 44, Rome 00193
Uwe Wollina StÃ¤dtisches Klinikum Dresden, Department of Dermatology and Allergology, 01067 Dresden
Francesca Satolli Department of Dermatology, University of Parma, Via Gramsci 14, Parma, Parma 43126
Miriam Rovesti Department of Dermatology, University of Parma, Via Gramsci 14, Parma, Parma 43126
Katlein FranÃ§a University of Miami School of Medicine, 1400 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136-1015
Torello Lotti University G. Marconi of Rome, Dermatology and Venereology, Rome 00192

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2018.038

Keywords:

vitiligo, oxidative stress, melanocytes stimulation, repigmentation, uncommon therapies, efficacy, safe-profile

Abstract

The authors show a brief overview of the vitiligoâ€™s unconventional therapies. A part for well-documented effectiveness of L-phenylalanine, PGE2 and antioxidant agents in the treatment of vitiligo, for the other therapeutical approaches more investigations are needed.

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