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A new treatment could change the daily lives of people with vitiligo, this depigmentation of the skin. A new cream will soon be available in pharmacies. The details with the doctor Damien Mascret, present on the set of 19/20, Tuesday April 25.
A new cream for people with vitiligo will soon be available in pharmacies. Will it change their daily lives? “Let’s say it’s promising because in the two large studies carried out, after six months of application of this immuno-modulating cream, twice a day, 3 out of 10 patients saw a significant improvement in facial involvement”declares the doctor Damien Mascret, present on the set of 19/20, Tuesday April 25. The results are also promising on the body.
A disease difficult to bear
“The limits all the same are on the one hand, that these were people with depigmentation which should not exceed 10% of the surface of the body, and, on the other hand, that we do not know not how long the effect of the cream will last”says Damien Mascret. But the disease remains mild and non-contagious. In reality, “It’s the eyes of others that are the problem” because the disease causes depigmentation of the skin.
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