This video is very useful guide for the people suffering  from vitiligo.  Following topics has been discussed in this presentation.

Treatment of vitiligo
• Generalized abnormality with local manifestations.
• Most medicines target the local problem.
• No dependable remedy for the root cause.

Herbal medicine

• Most popular option for vitiligo treatment
• Generally based on psoralens
• Local and oral recipes available
• Used as home remedies as well as complex recipes from herbalists

Ayurvedic Medicine
• Multi discipline Indian system of medicine, which utilizes herbs, heavy metals, other natural substances and surgery.
• Treatment approach to vitiligo is similar to herbal system.

Homeopathic
• It attempts to treat the basic abnormality in the constitution of the body with doubtful success.
• Needs to be supervised by a homeopathic professional

Vitiligo is categorized in the following subcatagories:

A. Generalized Vitiligo:
      1. Universal Vitiligo  
      2. Acrofacial vitiligo
      3. Vulgaris Vitiligo,

B. Localized Vitiligo:
     1. Focal pattern vitiligo
     2. Segmental pattern vitiligo

Generalized Vitiligo

Universal Vitiligo

Universal vitiligo normally cover all body except some small part which contain the original skin color or the pigmented skin. So theuniversal vitiligo is the complete or nearly complete loss of skin pigment and hence also calledVitiligo totalis. Permanent medical bleaching of the normal skin is usually the only option.

Acrofacial Vitiligo

Acrofacial vitilgioeffects the exposed parts of the body such as head , face , feet and hand, therefore it also causes the great emotional distress in the patients due their physical appearance.
Acrofacial vitiligo is very common distribution of the disease in this type of vitiligo the white spots are restricted to parts away from the center of the body.
Affecting distal extremities and face. Some patches on face and some on other body parts, but not on all over the body.

Vitiligo Vulgaris

Vitiligo vulgaris is very difficult to cure it and normally due to wide spread it may take long period for treatment. Also surgery may not be an option for patients of vitiligo vulgaris. In vitiligo vulgaris small patches of vitiligo are spread in a pattern like shower admixed with normal skin in segmental or acrofacial pattern. This is the most common type with bilaterally symmetrical lesions, predominantly distributed over face, neck, torso, fingers, toes, palms, soles and facial orifices.

 
Localized Vitiligo

Focal Vitiligo

One or more macules in one area but not clearly in a asymmetric distribution. In general terms Focal Vitiligo is situated at a single area. If the patient has a single patch on hand, face or leg with no other occurrences of disease on other body parts Focal vitiligo if not active is generally more suited for localized treatments. The first option would be a topical medicine and if it does not work or is unacceptable due to other reasons, surgery and tattooing may be considered.

Segmental Vitiligo

It is often called Lip Tip vitiligo because it is mostly limited to lips , distal parts of the fingers and toes. It is more difficult to treat segmental vitiligo.
Segmental vitiligo has quasi-dermatomal pattern with one or more spots. These patches are not in regular shape and distributed asymmetrically and have a clear border.
One or more patches are distributed within the same segment (anatomical distribution ) of the body.