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S4 Ep84: Hypopigmented & Depigmented Skin Lesions: An En-LIGHT-ening Review

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The Effects of Topical Steroids on Vitiligo

In terms of potency are you choosing based on body part or is there something that is more appropriate for vitiligo. And then also for duration of treatment it makes me very scared to say you're going to use topical steroids every five days a week until eight months from now when you see dermatology any recommendations there yeahYeah so essentially you are trying to kind of abort the process or put the vitiligo into remission and it's kind of cool When the meds work you'll see kind of a scalloped circle with polka dots in the middle, which means pluripotent cells repopulating the skin with melanocytes. That's what winning looks like.

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