Current vitiligo treatments on the NHS
Vitiligo causes loss of pigment on the skin and white patches appear in the affected areas. This condition affects around 1% of the population worldwide. There is not a lot of information about what treatments work to help vitiligo.
Small patches of vitiligo are usually treated with topical steroid ointments. Ultraviolet B light therapy (also known as NB-UVB) is also sometimes offered as a treatment, but it involves frequent visits to hospital and is mainly for large areas when vitiligo is more widespread. Hand-held NB-UVB light units are available to use in the home on small patches of vitiligo. However, these units are not available on the NHS.