You can reverse vitiligo naturally by eating a healthy diet such as with foods like apples, leafy greens, kale, romaine lettuce, bananas, chickpeas, and other fruits and vegetables as well as legumes, seafood, lean protein, seeds, nuts and whole grains.
Eating walnuts, mackerel and seaweed are also good and other foods that are rich in antioxidants and omega 2 fatty acids can be helpful for reducing inflammation and promoting a healthy immune system and help reverse vitiligo naturally.
Increasing your melanin production can also help reverse and prevent vitiligo and you can increase your melanin by increasing your intake of vitamin B12 and folic acid through eating healthy foods as well as supplementation.
Also zinc supplements and eating antioxidant rich foods such as fruits and vegetables can also help protect against melanocyte damage.
And using sunscreen and reducing stress can help prevent vitiligo from getting worse.
Topical creams such as corticosteroid creams or ointments can also help reduce inflammation and suppress your body's immune system's attack on the melanocytes.
Even phototherapy, Narrowband UVB phototherapy and excimer laser can help stimulate your melanin producing cells and help restore your skin color.
To prevent vitiligo from getting worse you should protect your skin using sunscreen and avoid potential triggers and stay out of intense sunlight.
Vitiligo skin is more prone to sunburn which can worsen the vitiligo so it's important to protect the skin and avoid being out in the sun too long.
Managing stress and avoiding skin injuries and avoiding tanning beds or sun lamps can also help stop the spreading of vitiligo.
The hours that it's best to be out in the sun when you have vitiligo is between the hours of 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
Things that trigger vitiligo to spread are sunburn, skin trauma, stress and even exposure to some chemicals.
The triggers can make existing vitiligo worse or even cause it to develop in people who are genetically predisposed to vitiligo.
However vitiligo is not contagious and vitiligo does not spread from person to person through physical contact.
Hormonal changes such as hormonal changes that are experienced during puberty may also play a role in triggering of vitiligo.
And although not a direct trigger, problems with your kidneys or liver can sometimes be associated with vitiligo.
Vitiligo often starts when your body's immune system "by mistake" attacks and destroys the melanocytes which are the cells which produce melanin that are a pigment in your skin.
As a result of the melanocytes being attacked and destroyed, it leads to vitiligo which are the appearance of white patches on your skin.
The root cause of vitiligo is thought to be an autoimmune disorder, although the actual exact cause of vitiligo is not known.
Vitiligo is thought to be caused by your body's immune system mistakenly attacking and destroying melanocytes, which are the cells, which produce melanin, which is the pigment which gives your skin it's color.
Other possible causes of vitiligo are genetics, thyroid disease or type 1 diabetes, exposure to sunlight, exposure to certain chemicals, stress, oxidative stress like an imbalance between your free radicals and antioxidants in your body can damage melanocytes and some viral or bacterial infections or even nutritional deficiencies such as low levels of vitamin D can be associated with vitiligo.
Vitiligo is not contagious and is not harmful doesn't need any medical attention although it can be unsightly or uncomfortable.
The first symptoms of vitiligo are pale or white patches that appear on your skin.
The pale or white patches that appear on your skin when you have vitiligo are the result of the loss of pigment producing cells called melanocytes.
The pale or white patches on the skin often appear in areas exposed to the sun such as your face, hands, feet and other body openings.
Other early signs and symptoms of vitiligo are premature graying or whitening of your hair, including your scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes or even beard.
The hallmark sign of vitiligo is the development of well defined, pale or white patches on your skin.
The pale or white patches on your skin can occur anywhere on the body, although they most often appear on areas that are exposed to the sun, such as your face, arms, feet, hands, and around your mouth and eyes.
The pale or white patches on your skin, often start out small and may gradually get bigger and the affected areas often feel the same as the surrounding skin in terms of texture.
And the pale or white patches might even appear more noticeable on people that have medium to dark skin tones.
And early graying or whitening of your hair, especially in younger people, can also be a sign of vitiligo, and the graying can also occur with a beard or mustache as well as eyebrows and eyelashes.
Vitiligo can also affect your mucous membranes and lead to a loss of color inside of your nose or mouth.
And some people with vitiligo experience itching in the area before your skin becomes discolored.
And some people with vitiligo may also be more prone to sunburn in the areas affected by vitiligo.
Vitiligo often begins as a pale patch of skin which turns completely white gradually.
And the center of the patch with vitiligo may be white with paler skin around it, and if there are any blood vessels under your skin, the patch might be slightly pink, instead of white and the edges of the patch with vitiligo may also be smooth or irregular.