Open AccessTherapeutic wounding - 88% phenol in idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis
Author(s) -
Shilpashree P Ravikiran,
S Sacchidanand,
Leelavathy Budamakuntla
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian dermatology online journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-5673
pISSN - 2229-5178
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5178.126021
Subject(s) - medicine , vitiligo , dermatology , context (archaeology) , adverse effect , surgery , paleontology , biology
Therapeutic wounding includes wounding the skin to induce pigmentation of the depigmented skin patches that was earlier used for repigmenting small patches of stable vitiligo. In this study, we have used the same principle to induce pigmentation in idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis (IGH) by spot peel with 88% phenol.