The discovery made by a Greek dermatologist on natural substances which work miracles on dealing with the white spots paves the way for treating vitiligo.

Dr. Panagiotis Tsogkas, a dermatologist-pharmacologist, created a medicine which treats the incurable disease called vitiligo. Vitiligo concerns 1-2% of the earth’s population.

He began his research at his practice in Kozani, and when he started out he was taught by the best scientists of the time. Recently, he patented his discovery internationally, opened a practice in Athens and he’s going to open vitiligo centers in countries of the European Union very soon.

“From Kozani, my starting point, I must reach as far as I can, and treating vitiligo is a life goal for me”, Dr. Tsogkas says.

This particular disease attacks indiscriminately both the male and female population of this planet, independent of phototype or race, and can first appear at any age. Vitiligo is proven to be common in people affected by other autoimmune diseases such as thyroid malfunction, diabetes, alopecia areata, megaloblastic anemia, etc.

Incidence ranges from .1% to 2% in most populations, with the exception of areas like India and South America with existing genetic and environmental impact (e.g. humidity, temperature and sunshine), where the numbers reach 8.8 % of the population. We observe that 20-38% of the patients have first and second degree relatives who also suffer from vitiligo.  The genetic data indicate a non-Mendelian, multifactorial inheritance which doesn’t follow Mendel’s laws and which is the result of an anomaly that alters the composition of melanin or changes the biology of the melanosome (transfer-biosynthesis-melanization).

However, the causes of vitiligo are still undetermined.

The dermatological treatment is personalized and uses galenic preparations. These are medicines made of raw materials, exactly as in the industry, yet the medicine is made exclusively for the particular patient and the particular body part which has the problem. So, by a concerted approach between doctor and pharmacist, the therapeutic result is improved. The raw materials are substances right out of nature’s pharmacy which are proven by recent and earlier studies to promote the effectiveness of the results. These substances increase the antioxidant ability of our immune system by neutralizing the free radicals, which is the key to treating vitiligo. Such substances are curcumin, capsaicin, black pepper, linoleum oil etc.

(Source: ellines.com)