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Gingko Biloba
I have been taking Gingko Biloba since July 5, 120 mg per day divided into 60 mg twice a day, taken morning and evening. My vitiligo has stopped spreading and I am seeing freckling on my hands. I am also seeing pigmented spots within white areas begi
Read more…Flash Mob
I would love to get a dancing flash mob of vitties together! I mean would'nt that be so kool to out number the so called NORMAL people. What is normal anyway? I would say us vitties because we have the humble soul to go with our striking good looks!
Read more…Low stomach acid
I don'k know to much about this stuff but it might be helpful to others:
'Low stomach acidity caused by H-pylori causes incomplete digestion of food with resultant absorption of large undigested macromolecules into blood. The blood then produces a
Read more…Looking at your skin with a black light
Have you ever looked at your skin under a black light? If you haven't done it, it's pretty interesting and terrifying at the same time. I use Protopic and my face has had wonderful repigmentation, but under the black light my repigmentation looks rea
Read more…Beginning Excimer Laser Treatment
Hi everyone,
Thought I'd start a post on this site to detail the excimer laser treatments I'm starting. I'm a 22 year old male from the midwest who has had vitiligo since my early teens. My face is the most affected, with lesions on my eyelids and u
Read more…Vitiligo article: open access
For those interested in the conversation in the academic world, this paper has just been released online (and available for free) looking at some of the issues with vitiligo research:
In vitro research on vitiligo: strategies, principles, methodologi
Read more…Vitiligo and diet
I copy this topic from Vitiligo socity wall cos I found it innteresting to hear what other say about there exprience of diet and vitligo.
VITILIGO AND DIET
"There are many theories about diet but the doctors say there is no evidence showing vitiligo
Read more…How much of monobenzene to use
Hi All, can any of you experienced in using monobenze guide me how much of quantity to use? I am begining the 20% with my arm, so how much would I need to take from the tube such that it works for the whole arm?
Thanks,
Vijayshree
Read more…Success with Home Phototherapy
Aloha all,
I bought a used 4 –bulb home phototherapy light machine for vitiligo treatments and have started to use it under doctor’s care. I would really like to hear from those of you who have used NB-UVB phototherapy and what success you have had w
Read more…my 5yr old has vitiligo.....pls help me with an advice...!!!!!!!!!
hi,
my daughter 5yrs old is suffering with vitiligo from the past 1 year... she has spots around ankle,near left eye and on the both legs in symmetrical pattern. currently we are using unani medicine (from crium hyderabad), though there was a small b
Read more…interesting article
all my vitiligo friends....please Google "the black girl turned white woman-vitiligo" read this article...very interesting.
Read more…My Poem about Vitiligo
Happy Valentines day everyone, I saw that some folks were posting their thoughts about vitiligo so I decided to post the poem I wrote awhile back. It is a little long winded but I think its worth reading. I hope you enjoy.
Every morning when I wa
Read more…ARE YOU READY TO BE CHIPED?
What do you think will keep them from making us slaves that serve the Devil once they get us chipped & take control of our money?
Read more…I finally found something that works fast and stays ok for 4 - 6 months before the patches return
If anyone is interested to what i used let me know I love to help I know how it feels even suicidal in my early years. But now i feel as if a bald man grew his hair again.
Read more…Vit and sun in prime sunlight hours....
so I just had to ask, how many of you avoid/have avoided the sun altogether during prime "sun" hours (usually 10-4 or 9-3 think it really depends on where you live)?
Happy to say that I ventured out today into the very bright, sunlit day at 12:30ish
Read more…Self confidence
I am so over seeing women on TV who have no confidence about the way they look. That just shows that no matter how you look if you don't feel it..it will not show. When I see this type of behavior I realize that those same women could not survive wit
Read more…VitiligoFriends.org now has 3,000 members!
Our VitiligoFriends.org network has reached a fun milestone: 3,000 members. I don't know about you, but being a part of the network has really made a difference for me, especially during the last year as I've lost most of the pigment in my face and
Read more…UK newspaper on 'psychodermatology' & vitiligo
Hi everyone,
I came across a great article this morning looking at stress and skin from the Daily Mail in the UK (see http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2090771/Consultants-insist-really-works-talking-emotions-clear-bad-skin.html).
While the t
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