Melanocyte Transplant
Melanocyte Transplant
Melanocyte transplantation is the most advanced surgical method to treat vitiligo / leucoderma.
A small piece of healthy skin of the patient from the thigh or few hairs from the scalp are taken out , the pigment cells from this piece and hairs are extracted & spread on the patch of vitiligo to be treated.
When the patches do not respond , or respond very slowly to medicines and phototherapy .
Vitiligo patients should fulfill the following criteria to be eligible for surgery:
Vitiligo patients should fulfill the following criteria to be eligible for surgery:
- Patches should not have increased in size. for at least last 6 mths.
- No new patches should have appeared on other areas of the body.
- Any injury should heal with normal skin color.
