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 monobenzone Firstly, you need to eat a balanced diet that contains protein. The body especially needs two proteins, Phenylalanine and Glutamine to manufacture melanin, the pigment in your skin. An alternative is to take these as pills. Anti-oxidant vitamins have also helped some patients. There are prescription creams which can be applied at night to bring the color back. Cortisone and tacrolimus are used most frequently. These take months to work. When the color starts to return it begins as small dots that gradually enlarge. A newer topical treatment is pepper oil which contains piperine. Recent studies show promise. These topicals work alone but the best results are when they are combined with narrow band ultraviolet light. This is best delivered with the excimer laser or in a light box. An older treatment that is occasionally used is PUVA. Narrowband UVB is better tolerated then PUVA as with narrowband UVB here are no complication such as abdominal pain and the need for eye protec