Target-like Pigmentation After Minipunch Grafting in Stable Vitiligo
Nelee Bisen1, Ramesh M Bhat1, Koushik Lahiri2
1Department of Dermatology, Father Muller Medical College, Kankanady, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Indian Journal of Dermatology
|July 30, 2014
Abstract:
Surgical treatment for vitiligo has been ever evolving. Each surgical modality has its own benefits and limitations. Miniature punch grafting is the most extensively performed surgery, which gives good results in stable vitiligo. Herein we report an unusual type of repigmentation observed after minipunch grafting in a patient of stable vitiligo, which resembled target-like lesions with a "perigraft halo" surrounding individual grafts. Such pigment spread occurred despite the use of 0.5 mm larger graft from the donor site.


