Abstract
The Make-Up Care Clinic attached to the Vitiligo Clinic in the Department of Dermatology at Kyoto University Hospital was established in October 2007. Initially, the clinic was only for patients with vitiligo; however, now it is available for patients with various skin diseases, such as pigmentary disorders, postoperative scars and cutaneous lesions associated with collagen diseases. Until August 2010, 105 patients (pts) had visited the Make-Up Care Clinic. The male-female ratio was 1:4.8. Their age range from one year old to 84 years old, and the average was 48.6 years old. Vitiligo occupied 74.3% (78 pts). The sites for camouflage were the face in 24 pts (74.3%), hands 24 pts (22.9%), neck 16 pts (22.9%), trunk 4 pts (3.8%) and lower extremities 3 pts (2.9%). Ten of 105 patients visited our camouflage clinic repeatedly. Through the clinic, we have reported a few tips for camouflage, including waterproof camouflage using a silicon spray. In this paper, we report a summary of our special clinic at Kyoto University over three years.Skin Research, 10: 164-169, 2011
