Marriage and White Patches (Safed Daag)

When it comes to marry, people always find beautiful partner. Marriage is the intimate union and equal partnership of a man and a woman. It is a beautiful word which unites two people of different sex, casts and religion. But if you are suffering from any disorder like Safed Daag  it becomes difficult for you to get married.

India is a country which is full of several narrow minded people. They thought marrying with people who are suffering from skin conditions make them embarrass or feel shame in the society. So they neglect to marry with the affected person. Vitiligo, Safed Daag, Kod, Phulvari. call it by any name, it is the most socially dreaded condition. This skin condition itself is simply an appearance of white patches on the skin, which are initially small and slightly lighter than the surrounding skin. Millions of people of all races and  ethnicities worldwide have Vitiligo. Often referred to as "white leprosy," women with it are often discriminated against in marriage; if they develop Vitiligo after marriage, it can be grounds for divorce. More than man, women of marriageable age faced this disorder. It becomes very difficult for them to find a good life partner for them.

Many people with vitiligo faced difficulty to find a partner. Though the stigma has reduced over the years, people still haven't opened up enough to marry someone with the problem. Hence it is life-changing even though it is neither contagious nor life-threatening. Those afflicted with Vitiligo and their families face social stigmatization leading to low self-esteem, anxiety, embarrassment, anger and even serious depression.

If an unmarried girl or boy starts getting White Patches, firstly she or he faces the problem of marriage proposals, especially in those countries where arranged marriages are still more common.
As people are not aware about leucoderma (white patches) and its causes, they feel scared of relating with the white patches affected individuals. Mostly, they reject proposals of Leucoderma or White Patches affected patients. 

Vitiligo is not a serious condition but it can be improved if a person take proper medication and follow proper diet. If you are suffering from white patches and faces difficulty to find a suitable partner. Don’t worry s a team of aimil healthcare and research center we are here to help you.

Our Ayurveda expert, Doctor Nitika Kohli has given Cosmetics Tips for unmarried girl or boy:
• Avoid use of chemicals
• Use Herbal Products at most
• Avoid harsh sunlight
• Use full sleeve clothes and umbrella in the harsh sunlight
• In marriage, use herbal cosmetics rather than chemicals

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Ayurveda Treats White Patches (Safed daag) safely

White patches, or Safed daag; is a pigmentation ailment of skin. Leucoderma (Safed Daag) or Vitiligo is a common skin disease in which there is a gradual loss of the pigment melanin from the skin layers which results in white patches. These patches become enlarge as the time passes.

Vitiligo is an acquired sudden loss of the inherited skin color. Despite its long recognition, the cause of this disorder is still unknown. Vitiligo is never a contagious disease, but infective agents may apparently play an indirect role in some cases.In Ayurveda, it is clearly mentioned that use of incompatible food can cause development of white patches. Incompatible foods like milk and fish, milk and radish, milk and salt when taken together they produce toxins.

Ayurvedic Treatment at Aimil Healthcare and Research Centre for leucoderma starts with the arrest on the ongoing disturbances in the body. Digestive tract is targeted first with implementation of appropriate diet. The proper elimination of the toxins and balancing the disturbances are the primary focus areas for Leucoderma.

Healthy Diet restriction has much important role in Vitiligo and Leucoderma. Vitiligo & Leucoderma treatment also require food restriction for proper healing of patches. The diet restriction also helps in control of spread in Vitiligo.

If you are suffering with vitiligo or leucoderma and are seeking treatment, call Aimil Healthcare Clinics now to book a consultation with one of our experienced leucoderma specialist Dr. Nitika Kohli and get your treatment plan started today.

How Nutritional Deficiency Affects Leucoderma Patient’s?

Our body functional need multi vitamins and micro-nutrients because we are not produced naturally in the body, so we have to get them from the food we eat. Sometimes nutrition contains our daily diet but do not digest and sometimes absence in our daily diet is cause of nutrition deficiency. A poor diet may have an injurious impact on health, causing deficiency diseases such as blindness, anemia, scurvy, preterm birth, stillbirth and cretinism, health-threatening conditions like obesity and metabolic syndrome.

A nutritional deficiency occurs when our body do not absorb the necessary amount of a nutrient. Mainly these deficiencies did not occur disconnectedly. After sometimes these things realize including problems of digestion, hair loss, and skin problems like; no longer of skin glow.

Sometimes, people do not able to realize micro-nutrients deficiency. It is very important to know; why nutritional deficiency occurs?

• First of all, our daily routine food contains very chemically treated and processed either we had not eaten healthy food.
• Our foods are not well cultivated and treated.
• Sometimes it is not digesting due to liver problem (when liver overloaded), smoke, and other drugs (medicine) which we are taking.

Which are the nutrients play a vital role in diet; especially for leucoderma patients?

• Free copper should be in their body

• Vitamin B12 (It is source of non-vegetarian)

• Calcium

• Hemoglobin

Dr. Nitika Kohli says that sometimes you thought that only using ointment can cure Leucoderma but not only medicines cure this problem because sometimes internally deficiency has become the cause of Leucoderma (Safed Daag) cannot be cured properly if not treated on time. Here are some diet tips, which help you to deal with the nutritional deficiency.

• Avoid citrus food, curd, and junk food.

• Drink water from a copper vessel (at least stored 8hrs.)

• Eat black grams

• Take almonds 5-6 in a day

If Leucoderma patients follow above steps in their daily routine along with medicine he/ she will definitely deal with the problem of Nutritional Deficiency.

You can also buy online medicine for Leucoderma from our pharmacy store :

Symptoms and Causes of Leucoderma

Leucoderma also known as Vitiligo is a rare Skin Disease characterized by white spots and patches.The white patch or spot is called as Leucoderma and when it occurs without any preceding disease,it is called Vitiligo.

What causes Leucoderma?

The actual cause of this condition is still unknown, but surely, beliefs like eating unhealthy or wrong food combination like fish and milk, pumpkin and milk, onion and milk, or any citrus or acid foods after milk are not the reasons although toxicity affects somewhere but there are not the prime cause. This problem mainly occurs when the skin stops producing melanin, a skin pigment that protects the skin from harsh sun radiations. This can occur because of following reasons:

a) Pityrosporum orbiculare, the yeast that causes Tinea versicolor which is present on skin in normal  condition and regular maintenance of hygiene rids this skin from this.

b) Excessive Mental Worry.

c) Heredity- Heredity is also a well-recognized causative factor. Vitiligo sometimes has hereditary reasons also. On the other hand hereditary factor is responsible only 10 to 20% of the reason.

d) Weak immune system due to:
      •    Chronic gastric disorders
      •    Insecticide and pesticides in green vegetables can harm immunity and cause Vitiligo.
      •    Jaundice
      •    Presence of parasites in the alimentary canal.
      •    Performance of physical exercise in excessive heat and after taking very heavy meals                                      
      •    Regular stress or sudden trauma
      •    Improper hygiene is considered to be the most acceptable known reason for autoimmunity according to Ayurveda .

e) Lifestyle- Prolonged hours of swimming in chlorinated swimming pools can react over skin and form white spots.
      •    Skin trauma
      •    Sunburn
      •    Burn injuries
      •    Suppression of natural urges
      •    Other illnesses like diabetes, hyperthyroidism and addison's disease.

What are the symptoms of leucoderma?

a) Small White Patch Appear in Beginning - The problem usually starts with a small white spot which later develops into patches. These patches are pale in the beginning, but become whiter and whiter as time passes by due to loss of pigment. As the spots enlarge, they merge into each other and, in course of time, form a very broad patch. In some cases, most of the skin of the body may be covered with white patches.

b) Flat spots that range in color from white to pink to tan and brown appear over the upper arms, chest,back,neck and face.They vary greatly in size,from as small as four to five millimeters in diameter to large areas of confluence.

c) Apart from these signs, some others are given below:

       • Alopecia or loss of hair 

       • Premature graying of hair

       • Along with skin, the hair growing on the affected skin also turns white,

       • Sensitivity towards cold,

       • Weakness and fatigue

       • Skin irritation when exposed to sun's rays or chemicals.

Psychological Issues Faced By Vitiligo Patients

Vitiligo or Safed Daag is an important skin disease having major impact on psychology of patients. People who are affected from this disease feel stressed and often went in state of depression due the stigma attached with this disease. Patients suffering from this disease have somewhat untouchable status in the society, they do not accepted as the normal individual. Vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder of greater concern affecting 1-4% population of the world.

Since ancient times patients with Vitiligo suffered the same mental abuses as lepers. While vitiligo affects all the races it is more commonly seen in people with dark skinned. Due to patchy skin person affected from Vitiligo have a different physical appearance it creates problem especially in young people during  the time of their marriage. These people face problem while finding suitable life-partners, &  as a result face hurdles in their marriage, especially in those countries where arranged marriages are still more common.

Vitiligo has become a major concern these days because it creates a state of depression & stress in people. Due to the preconceived notion among the people vitiligo is took as a communicable disease and  spread if they came in contact with that person.  But  the reality is way more different this disease do not spread through physical contact; touch, kiss, eating from same plate, or intercourse etc.

Doctors and many NGOs, brings awareness & acceptance about Vitiligo affected individuals in the society. People must understand that Safed Daag or Vitiligo is not a serious issue. This is can be cured if a  patient is under  proper surveillance & treatment.  The condition worsen when people use any toxic cosmetics and wrong home remedies like applying turmeric etc.