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I've started a very strict, nutrient dense diet called AIP. I started it in December of last year along with a fantastic diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. (yuck) From what I have read Vitiligo and RA go hand in hand a lot of times. So I got very serious about treating whatever systemic inflammation is happening from the inside out. Unfortunately it seems that the medication I'm taking for the joint pain (plaque nil) is making my vitiligo "unstable". I'm starting to see hypo pigmentation on my face now which is new and my hands are slowly spreading. I"m also on some hypothyroid medication (NatureThroid) in order to treat low thyroid (even though western medicine doctors say my thyroid is fine). So I'm hitting this thing from many different angles in an effort to treat the root cause. I have not started any regimented UV-B therapy or excimer laser treatment, but I am considering doing that as well. I am fairly light skinned if I stay indoors out of the sun, so I consider myself pretty lucky up to this point. And I'm hoping that over time, because I've had this condition since I was 3, that the diet will slowly repair my gut and help to supplement my immunity from the ground floor. I am not hoping for any miracles and I do not see repigmentation as my goal. I merely want to stop it in its tracks and see if diet is the missing piece of the puzzle I've been missing this whole time. I'd love to hear about your nutritional efforts and what has worked, what has not.