80
Participants
Start Date
March 1, 2025
Primary Completion Date
August 31, 2025
Study Completion Date
August 31, 2025
Needling + NBUVB
Participants in this arm will undergo needling using a sterile 30G (4mm) needle to manually puncture and implant melanocytes from perilesional pigmented skin into depigmented lesions. The procedure will be performed once every four weeks for a total of six sessions.
Microneedling + NBUVB
Participants in this arm will undergo microneedling using a Dermapen device with 1.5 mm needles to create controlled micro-injuries in depigmented skin to enhance melanocyte migration and repigmentation. This procedure will be performed once every four weeks for six sessions.
RECRUITING
Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar
Khyber Teaching Hospital
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