Addition of oral minipulse dexamethasone to narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy and topical steroids helps arrest disease activity in patients with vitiligo.

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Dermatology · Tufts University School of Medicine

I treat rapidly progressing vitiligo very similarly to rapidly progressing alopecia areata. Sort of like a medical emergency. Literature review suggests one should suspect rapid progression when the patient is developing new spots every month. This is especially distressing in patients of ethnic b...