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Table 2 ‘When thinking about repigmentation of vitiligo after treatment, what does a “cosmetically acceptable result” mean to you?’ (Themes in descending order of popularity)

From: Survey and online discussion groups to develop a patient-rated outcome measure on acceptability of treatment response in vitiligo

Theme Number of responses Percent
Blends well with skin 45 19%
Less noticeable 35 14.8%
Skin back to normal 31 13.1%
Reduction in white patches 29 12.2%
Confident/Comfortable 25 10.5%
Repigment visible sites 19 8%
Any Improvement 17 7.2%
Mostly repigmented 14 5.9%
Cosmetics 9 3.8%
Unaffected by tanning 5 2.1%
Means nothing 4 1.7%
Lasting repigmentation 3 1.3%
Completely depigmented 1 0.4%