What is the best treatment for atrophic vulvar leukoplakia?

What is the best treatment for atrophic vulvar leukoplakia? There are several different types of vulvar leukoplakia, and atrophic vulvar leukoplakia is one of them. Therefore, patients cannot blindly treat it, nor can they choose some folk remedies at will. They need to undergo symptomatic treatment after examination to control the disease as soon as possible. So, what is the best treatment for atrophic vulvar leukoplakia?

The typical symptoms of atrophic vulvar leukoplakia are mild visible atrophy of the vulva, usually starting from the labia majora, minora, and clitoris. The labia majora and minora have reduced elasticity, with fewer or no wrinkles. Most patients with atrophic vulvar leukoplakia have mild vulvar itching. Common treatments for atrophic vulvar leukoplakia include medication, physical therapy, and surgical treatment.

Drug treatment is only suitable for patients with atrophic vulvar leukoplakia with mild itching symptoms. It has a certain effect in the initial stage of taking the medicine, but it cannot completely eliminate the white spots and it is easy to form dependence on the medicine. Physical treatments such as laser can relieve the itching symptoms, but for patients with atrophic leukoplakia, it is easy to cause vulvar atrophy and reduced elasticity of the labia majora and minora. In the past, surgical excision was mostly used, but surgical treatment is not advocated now.

At present, with the development of minimally invasive surgery, the introduction of minimally invasive surgery represented by ultrasound focusing technology has greatly reduced the physical and psychological burden on patients. Ultrasound focusing technology is minimally invasive, scar-free, and has a fast recovery. Generally, it only takes 30 minutes to achieve the treatment goal, which has brought good news to more and more vitiligo patients.

Experts pointed out that compared with traditional drugs and physical therapy, the advantage of ultrasound focusing technology is that it can overcome the problem of traditional treatment methods that "treat the symptoms but not the root cause", and effectively reduce the recurrence rate. That is, this technology focuses the powerful energy of ultra-high frequency electromagnetic waves on the lesion, causing protein denaturation and irreversible necrosis of lesion tissue cells, promoting tissue reconstruction, and improving microcirculation, thereby achieving the goal of treating both the symptoms and the root cause.

Patients should pay attention to keeping the vulva clean and dry, especially patients should understand that it is forbidden to use irritating drugs or soaps to wash the vulva, and also avoid wearing non-breathable synthetic underwear and eating spicy and allergenic foods. For those with obvious itching symptoms and insomnia, sedatives, sleeping pills and anti-allergic drugs can be added.