Hi Friends,
I've been mentioning the expression Functional Treatment a lot lately, so that I'd like to share with you again how important it is.
Functional Medicine addresses the underlying causes of disease, using a systems-oriented approach and engaging both patient and practitioner in a therapeutic partnership. It is an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century.
By shifting the traditional disease-centered focus of medical practice to a more patient-centered approach, functional medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms. Functional medicine practitioners spend time with their patients, listening to their histories and looking at the interactions among genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that can influence long-term health and complex, chronic disease. In this way, functional medicine supports the unique expression of health and vitality for each individual.
Based on this concept, I've been supporting the Functional Treatment theory regarding vitiligo. Functional Treatment includes: good diet, detox, life style change, vitamins, anti-oxidants, trace nutrients, UVB-NB, topical cream ; * all at the same time * to cover all main likely causes.
Please see below why "same treatments" (if not Functional) may have different results in different people:
Example 1) Two people follow an UVB-NB + Topical Protopic treatment
Result: one person achieves repigmentation, but not the other.
Possible explanation: Although UVB-NB helps a lot melanocyte adhesion, as well as, Protopic provides a big help as a corticosteroid, maybe the person who didn't achieve any repigmentation has oxidative stress. It's known that oxidative stress causes defect in the membrane integrity, also causes lipid peroxidation, generates hydrogen peroxide in the skin and mutates mitochondrial DNA. So, it could explain easily why this treatment worked for just one of the persons.
Example 2) Two people follow an UVB-NB + Pseudocatalase treatment
Result: one person achieves repigmentation, but not the other.
Possible explanation: Although UVB-NB helps a lot melanocyte adhesion, as well as Pseudocatalase fixes local oxidative stress breaking H2O2, maybe the person who didn't achieve any repigmentation has a serious dysbiosis ( parasites, fungus, yeast, or any other gut issue) that generates ROS all the time, making impossible a topical pseudocatalase have its anti-oxidant effects. So, it could explain easily why this treatment worked for just one of the persons.
We can think of 200 other combinations easily...
So, in order to fight vitiligo properly, covering as much as possible the likely and known causes, please consider a * Functional Treatment * ( good diet, detox, life style change, vitamins, anti-oxidants, trace nutrients, UVB-NB, topical cream ; * all at the same time *).
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Exactly. That's the best combination for most people. However, you can also try only one of them for all spots.
Fay, try to follow some of the many actions like: anti-fungals, anti-oxidants, food allergy test, gut check, and so on. Consider pseudocatalase cream, phototherapy, good diet, etc.
This disease is just the tip of the iceberg. When it's triggered, it means that there is a lot to be fixed. It's never one single little cause...
Thanks for the great info Flavio
I just ordered the pseudocatalase powder from ebay. I hope I can use it correctly when I get it. I have a few spots on my face that have regimented with protopic and a uvb wand, but not totally. It will be tougher since I don't get much sun here in Minnesota. I'm not sure what started my vitiligo, but went to Mexico and spent a lot of time in chlorinated pools. It started happening at that time. I did also go to a tanning booth right before I left. So, I'm certainly trying everything I can to keep it at bay. I also have lost pigment under my arms. I should mention I have hypothyroidism and am on synthroid and changed to natures thyroid right around the same time. So, is it the chlorine, new medicine or tanning booth that started it? I'm not sure, but I made sure to get back on synthroid and it slowed right down. Thanks for your helpful info.
Regarding pseudocatalase cream, test it when it arrives according to www.vitiligomap.com/pseudo.html procedure.
Most of what you said are real causes of vitiligo, as well as the genetic pre-disposition. However, causes need to be triggered by a *severe* event, which was not mentioned by you.
Some trigger examples are: severe skin burn, severe emotional/psycho traumas, severe dysbiosis, lead contamination, etc. Try to remember.
More at www.vitiligomap.com
Re-reading your post, I would say that chlorine and new medicine might be causes (oxidative stress)..
Tanning booth might be a trigger if you've got burning seriously. Did you?
I did get a burn in the tanning booth. All of these things happened around the same time. Perfect storm? I am not sure. Thankfully most of my face has regimented. I'm always worried it will come back. My underarms did not repigment. Although I did not use protopic under arms. I did use the uvb wand for awhile. It would just turn pink and then back to white.
How often do you do phototherapy?
3w a week?
Pink should remain. Maybe it's a matter of exposure time or attendance.
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