Abstract:Background: Acral vitiligo is usually more resistant to medical management due to minimal density of hair follicles and greater chance of repeated friction or trauma. Objective: To determine efficacy and safety of adding topical platelet rich plasma (PRP) to automated micro needling and narrow band ultra violet B (NB- UVB) in treatment of resistant acral vitiligo and to assess the best treated sites with this combination therapy.
Patients and methods: Forty-two patients with stable acral vitiligo were recruit… Show more
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