Good news for vitiligo patients... an effective drug that restores the skin to normal after 6 months

Last Monday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first home drug to treat vitiligo in a breakthrough to treat the condition that affects millions.

And Opzelura, developed by Wilmington, is a medicated cream that can be applied directly to patches of discoloration on a person's skin, aged 12 and over - the first such drug to receive such approval.

Many patients in clinical trials regained pigmentation after about six months of twice-daily use - and the cream showed stronger results after a full year of treatment, according to the Daily Mail.

The drug may take up to 24 weeks to show effectiveness in many patients.

For some, it may take up to a year to reach its full potential.

The drug showed promising results in a recently completed phase 3 clinical trial, which included 600 participants.

Those who used the cream also showed a significant improvement in their skin tone, with half reaching a successful repigmentation threshold after a year.

According to Al-Marsad newspaper, about 15 percent of the participants in the experiment managed to reach this point in just 24 weeks.

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