Open AccessTarget-like pigmentation after minipunch grafting in stable vitiligo
Author(s) -
Nelee Bisen,
Ramesh M Bhat,
Koushik Lahiri,
Srinath M Kambil
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.135481
Subject(s) - vitiligo , medicine , dermatology , grafting , pigmentation disorder , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer
Surgical treatment for vitiligo has been ever evolving. Each surgical modality has its own benefits and limitations. Miniature punch grafting is the most extensively performed surgery, which gives good results in stable vitiligo. Herein we report an unusual type of repigmentation observed after minipunch grafting in a patient of stable vitiligo, which resembled target-like lesions with a "perigraft halo" surrounding individual grafts. Such pigment spread occurred despite the use of 0.5 mm larger graft from the donor site.