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hello all....

I haven't posted here in quite some time, been busy working a new job with a crazy schedule and hours.

 

However, I did believe for a time that what I have (on my face, under and near eyes and a spot on my forehead) was NOT vit, and was basically in

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New member

Hi there! I´m new to this site, so a little bit of information about me.

My vitiligo was diagnosed in year 2000, when I was 16 years old. It started from two small white spots. One was on my right elbow and one was on my right thigh. As it was autumn

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sun and vitiligo

Recently I've been laying in the sun alot. I have been using a bannana boat tan spray to help in color. I noticed a couple of my white spots turn pink after being in the sun for a couple of hrs. Does anyone kno why this is? Does it mean the color wil

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Jergens Natural Glow question

I have been using Jergens fair/medium tone for a few weeks. I am putting it directly on the white patches and really haven't seen a big improvement. My question is do you need to have Melatonin for this to work? I am wondering if it turns the skin da

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Slowing down your immune system

GM group. I hope everyone is well. We all know vitiligo is linked to autoimmune disease/disorder. We have an overactive immune system and it is attacking our own body. Those of you that are receiving various treatments to regain your pigment, have yo

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New Member

Hello everyone!

I'm new to the site and I'm not really sure where to begin. I've had Vitiligo since I was about 16 and its slowly spread on my hands. A couple random spots here and there too. My mother has it and great grandmother did too. Like many

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What cheers you up??

Having a little bit of a down week, my feet have been taking off this months and are changing rapidly. A man I used to know asked me "what happened to your hands?" and I explained he then followed with "that's a shame you used to have such beautiful

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venting...

so i was walking downtown with my friend last night and we passed this guy with vitiligo and i said, "hey, he has vitiligo!" and my friend says, "v-what?" i say again, "vitiligo, don't you see his arms," and he says, "oooh, i just thought he got burn

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Jergens natural glow

Hope you all are doing fine. I have Vitiligo on my face in the chin region and use Protopic and have seen some good results. I also have Vit on my hands and have started using Jergens natural Glow. I have been using for 5 days and havent really seen

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New member, just diagnosed

Hi all-

I wanted to say "hi" as a new member of the community. I was just diagnosed with Vitiligo this week at age 37. Last year, I had a couple of spots on my hand that my family doctor treated as tinea versicolor. This year, spots reappeared once it

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Hearing loss

Curious to know if anyone has had any problems with their hearing?  I ran across a couple of articles that say,

"Some studies have shown that the auditory function was decreased in patients with pigment disorders such as vitiligo, especially in the h

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