Seemal Desai, MD, FAAD

The panelist discusses how emerging targeted therapies like Janus kinase inhibitors and combination treatment approaches are transforming vitiligo management, with treatment selection guided by disease patterns, progression rates and individual patient response, while acknowledging the need for systematic assessment and alternative strategies for treatment-resistant cases.

Seemal Desai, M.D., FAAD, discusses how immune system dysregulation and genetic variants intersect to trigger vitiligo development while highlighting diagnostic challenges including identifying disease subtypes and distinguishing vitiligo from other depigmentation disorders.