Surgeon and dermatologist, Dr Sanjeev Mulekar has launched a specialty clinic for vitiligo in Andheri, Mumbai.
Vitiligo means leukoderma, a disease that causes the loss of skin color in blotches. It occurs when the cells that produce melanin die or stop functioning.
The primary services rendered at the clinic include in-depth consultation, counseling and group meetings. Home units of phototherapy, camouflage or covering make-up along with Melanocyte Transplantation are the latest surgical treatment.
Dr Mulekar has established a Vitiligo Treatment Clinic in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and has trained dermatologists in the US, Canada, Brazil, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, and Saudi Arabia. He has also established a Vitiligo Surgical section at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
EH News Bureau