Columnist · Editorial staff
Wallace Furukawa
Reports on safety, side effects, and informed consent in hypopigmentation & vitiligo.
4 stories by Wallace Furukawa
AdvancesDepigmentation therapy: when the goal is to remove the remaining color
For a small group with widespread vitiligo, evening the skin means lightening the pigment left behind rather than restoring it. Here is how it works and who it suits.
· 7 min · Wallace Furukawa
AdvancesSurgical options for stable vitiligo: transplanting pigment back into skin
When patches have stopped spreading and creams have stalled, transferring pigment cells can restore color. Here is who it helps and how it works.
· 7 min · Wallace Furukawa
AdvancesTopical JAK inhibitors: how ruxolitinib changed vitiligo treatment
The first cream approved specifically to repigment vitiligo, what it does, and what to realistically expect.
· 7 min · Wallace Furukawa
AdvancesAdvances in vitiligo and repigmentation treatment
Targeted therapies are transforming a once-difficult condition.
· 7 min · Wallace Furukawa