Vitiligo, an acquired depigmenting disorder, affects up to two percent of the general population. It is beyond a mere cosmetic problem, associated with social stigma and lowered self-esteem. Conventionally, vitiligo has been treated with medicines, surgery, and phototherapy. Topical treatment with corticosteroid and calcineurin inhibitors were the mainstay for treating …

Fungi are ubiquitous. They thrive outdoors in soil, on plants and animals, indoor damp surfaces, and on human skin. There are more than 300 fungi species known that can affect humans, ranging from non-threatening superficial skin infections to invasive critical illness commonly affecting the brain, lungs, and eyes. Dark, warm, …

In the twenties the skin is naturally good looking, so we tend to care less. The damage implicated on the skin at an early age (at a sub-cellular level) by the free radicals generated from harmful invisible UV rays, pollution, smoke, and stress becomes obvious at later age as dull, dry, …