Meet the editor

Dr. Tae-Heung Kim graduated from and acquired a doctoral degree (PhD) at Seoul National University College of Medicine. He completed an internship and dermatology residency at Seoul National University Hospital. He moved to the Department of Dermatology, Gyeongsang

National University, and was then promoted to Professor and Chairman of Dermatology. In 1996, he did a research sabbatical

for two years at the Department of Immunology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. In 2003, he started private practice as Director of the White-Line Skin Clinic and Research Center, Changwon, Kyungnam. He is an active member of many international and domestic societies, and was the President of the Korean Society for Vitiligo (2016–2018).

Contents

**Section 1**

*by Tae-Heung Kim*

Introductory Chapter: Depigmentation

*Stefanos Zervoudis and Georgios Galazios*

Depigmentation Therapies in Vitiligo

Current Challenges and Future Perspectives *by Naima Parveen, Ayesha S. Ali and Sharique A. Ali*

Histopathology and Molecular Pathology of Vitiligo

Depigmentation's Disorders of the Vulva, Clinical Management *by Panagiotis Tsikouras, Xanthoula Anthoulaki, Theodora Deftereou, Anastasia Bothou, Anna Chalkidou, Fotis Gasparos, Georgia Saradi, Dimitrios Tzeferakos, Elefterios Chatzimichael, Georgios Iatrakis,* 

*by Sanjeev Mulekar, Madhulika Mhatre and Swapnil Mulekar*

On the Intricacies of Facial Hyperpigmentation and the Use of Herbal Ingredients as a Boon for Its Treatment: Cosmeceutical Significance,

Lasers in the Treatment of Vitiligo

*by Isil Kamberoglu Turan*

*by Amit Kumar Yadav*

**Section 2**

**Preface III**

Diseases of Depigmentation **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 9**

**Chapter 3 21**

**Chapter 4 33**

Therapeutic Depigmentation **53**

**Chapter 5 55**

**Chapter 6 67**
