Black pepper can be used in the treatment of skin disease vitiligo

The researchers found that piperine - a compound that gives black pepper its spicy, pungent flavor - can stimulate pigmentation in the skin. This is. In the treatment of vitiligo, a disease which is manifested by reduced help or complete loss of the pigment melanin, which areas of the skin whitening The study was published in the British Journal of Dermatology. As it turned out, vitiligo occurs in about one in a hundred. Now used treatment includes corticosteroids to the skin, phytotherapy, begin to ultraviolet radiation (UV radiation) with the melanocytes to produce pigment. However, a positive result on the effects of corticosteroids had less than a quarter of patients. In return, the UV treatment is not very effective as an inhomogeneous and increases the risk of skin cancer. A team of scientists examined the effects of piperine and its synthetic derivatives for the treatment of the skin of mice, as well as try to influence the use of combined treatment with UV. As a result of using piperine and its two derivatives of the element, the researchers stimulated pigmentation of the skin, even light brown color within six weeks. Combine treatment with piperine UFO researchers have been able to achieve much faster darkening of the skin, and the effect was maintained for a longer period than in UVR exposure only. Scientists believe that piperine stimulates melanocytes and they begin to produce skin pigment. According to scientists, the test results form the basis for the application of a new type of treatment, the increase not only the efficiency, but probable. The use of UV, which in turn reduces to reduce the risk of skin cancer