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Posted by Vivek Trivedi on August 29, 2015 at 8:25am in Main

Hi Everyone,

I always wanted to do Bodybuilding and also now planning to go to gym. Please advise is it okay for us to go to gym and do bodybuilding workout as i have talked to a dermatologist and he said it is fine.

What are your view in that?

Regards

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  • Munir August 31, 2015 at 6:14am

    yeah take the risks into consideration well flavio is also trying to help well another thing is yeah joint pressure increases vitiligo(maybe). looking at that way it means u cant play instruments, or be a gamer cos well... and even work has pressure too.. take flavios advice into consideration... my opinion well as a sufferer like you i can sit back and fear and do my best to prevent but.. i will be the one losing out on things so just fuck it and live your life do what you want.. i am a parkour practitioner so i have a lot pressure and friction too but hey no pain no gain unless if we can untrigger it which is hard and u will take a lifetime and u live in fear so let love guide u and not fear take cares

    • Robot > Munir August 31, 2015 at 2:33pm

      Tough but true.

      If it's just an option,  make the right decision.  If it's not, let it be.

      Regarding joint presure, you don't need to go that far.  Just texting messages (cell phone) stimulates vitiligo in the hand joints, specially in the thumbs and index finger (forefinger).

      • Munir > Robot September 1, 2015 at 3:56am

        there he said it! :) thanks for proving the point flavio 

  • John Arbizzani August 30, 2015 at 6:22am
    I work out pretty intensely 5 to 6 days a week...I also box 3 to 4 days a week..from what I can tell, there has been no change in my vitiligo...it also has seemed stable this whole time..been doing this routine for about 2 years now.....do what you love!
    • Vivek Trivedi > John Arbizzani August 30, 2015 at 7:30am

      Hi John,

      thanks for the support. i also know a guy who has vitiligo and continuously doing workout for almost 5 years and his vitiligo is still stable.

      • francisco garcia franco > Vivek Trivedi August 31, 2015 at 2:48am

        im not an expert by any means not even close 

        but i believe our vitiligo some times is active and some times is not active 

        when is not active no matter what you do you are not getting more white patches 

        and the opposite happens when your vitiligo is active  just the littlest thing you do will most likely end up in white patches

        flavio is a good guy he is just trying to help everyone with all his knowledge  

    • Robot > John Arbizzani August 30, 2015 at 7:21am

      John.

      It's true that vitiligo patches may stabilize for many reasons.  However,  joint stress/damage is one serious cause of vitiligo, followed by physycal traumas/friction, oxidative stress, and stress hormones (psycho and emotional issues).

      This explains why there are so much concentration of vitiligo patches around joint hands, for instance.

      This research is brand-new, and probably that's why we've  been reading about correlation between RA medicines and vitiligo.

      • Vivek Trivedi > Robot August 30, 2015 at 7:27am

        Hi Flavio,

        Is there a any way so that i can do bodybuilding and also make the vitiligo stable.

        • Robot > Vivek Trivedi August 30, 2015 at 9:20am

          Bodybuilding is not going to cause vitiligo for sure.  It's just one big stressor.

          If you love it, take the risk into consideration.

          If it's just an option, discard it.  Do something else.  Why to take the risk?

  • francisco garcia franco August 30, 2015 at 6:08am

    you should do it 

    go to the gym became a bodybuilder dont let your skin condition stop you .. follow your dreams ..life is too short 

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