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punch grafts for vitiligo on fingers

Posted by navin on July 14, 2017 at 6:24am in Main

Had a doctor visit and he was suggesting me  to do punch grafts on the hands. Wondering if anyone tried it ad what is the success ratio ?

Plan is to do the grafts and continue with the laser treatment, so that the good skin helps to spread melanocytes and eventually re pigment

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  • Bamsegutt September 3, 2017 at 11:10pm
    Yes I have tried cell transplant by Dr holla and it works
    • navin > Bamsegutt September 10, 2017 at 6:19pm

      But this is different that punch grafts. Isn;t it ?

      • Robot > navin September 12, 2017 at 4:30am

        yes.

        It's a melanocyte transplantation.

        Doctor extracts melanocytes from a donnor area (usually legs).  Then he process the melanocyte suspension during next  24 hours.

        Doctor removes the vitiliginous skin through nitrogen injections that cause blisters.  Then he drains the blisters and injects the melanocyte suspension.

        The skin from the blisters (vitiliginous) exfoliates and new skin comes up with transplanted melanocytes.

         

        • navin > Robot September 19, 2017 at 12:55pm

          Any Idea on the results of punch grafts and not melanocyte transplantation ?

          • Robot > navin September 20, 2017 at 4:55am

            It has similar results.  However, Dr. Holla's technique makes his procedure more likely to have success.

            Another huge difference is the fact that cell transplantation demands a much smaller donor area (1 to 5). While a piece of skin has a certain amount of melanocytes,  the melanocyte suspension has it multiplied (proliferated) during its process.  Eventhough coming from the same size of skin.

  • Robot July 15, 2017 at 8:27pm

    The only surgery that works for hands that I know is the one offered by Dr Holla in India.

    http://www.vitiligo-surgery.com/anantha-prasad-holla.php

    It's a melanocyte transplantation.

    He extracts melanocytes from a donnor area (usually legs).  Then he process the melanocyte suspension during next  24 hours.

    He extracts the vitiliginous skin through nitrogen injections that cause blisters.  Then he drains the blisters and injects the melanocyte suspension.

    The skin from the blisters (vitiliginous) exfoliates and new skin comes up with transplanted melanocytes.

    That works!

    • navin > Robot July 18, 2017 at 6:15am

      Thanks. I checked  with my doctor and he said they are not doing this treatment. The reason why he referred me about punch grafts is because the risk is less and he saw some success (not 100%). I wondered if anyone one in this group tried it 

      • navin > navin July 26, 2017 at 6:05am

        Any inputs ??

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