Posted by Dylan Ranby on November 27, 2009 at 1:18am
I go out in the sun all the time and my vitiligo has not been affected by sunburn(caused patches to spread).Why is it that the only patches that formed were when i was in high school. Not When i left school to go out working in the sun.
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You're vitiligo is probably in remission and you haven't had any outbreaks since high school. If we keep good care of our bodies, and aren't stressed or whatever the trigger is, I think you won't get as many spots. Have you had your vitiligo spread from going out in the sun? I just get freckles that fill in my patches a bit, if I'm careful and wear sunscreen and don't stay out in it too long.
Myriah:
I am so drawn to your phrase, "whatever the trigger is".
About 2 years ago, in my own way, I did 4 months of research on published articles to simply understand what can trigger this skin condition, since I never heard that term before. I actually spoke to several of the authors live on the phone and went thru some basic discussions. Although, many articles did not prove clearly, what causes V, every article/conversation lead me to one conclusion. V is generally triggered when something else is "disturbed" in the body. Basically, an imbalance is created somewhere else in the body. For some, the trigger is connected to genes, trauma to some, sunburn to some, vaccination to some, other medical conditions (such as thyroid levels or diabetes) to some, on and on and on.......We believe that vaccination induced vit to our child. I am very confident that, a cure is not very far in the future.
I've heard that too about certain triggers. It could be something very subtle or extreme. I developed my vitiligo at age 5, so besides sun burns and possibly chicken pocks or a vaccination. My parents don't know what effected me. There are also hormonal changes that could cause it as well? I know my allergies developed around a huge hormonal time in my life, puberty. Same with my Husbands around age 13. Since allergies are a auto immune disorder as well maybe hormonal changes do some weird things to our bodies.
I'm interested about your thoughts on vaccinations, I am wary of them and even though I don't have children at this time when I do I am considering not having vaccinations for them.
Its soooooooooo coincidence, you mentioned about the allergies. I carefully went back in time and reviewed medical history of my daughter. Allergies started first, then, we went thru vaccination. 2 months later, we found whitish area on the eyelid. This is the exact chronological history.
We stopped vaccination. Going thru protopic journey now. At this rate, we expect complete cure by Mar/Apr. I seriously, believe that medicine is taking care of the condition.
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I am so drawn to your phrase, "whatever the trigger is".
About 2 years ago, in my own way, I did 4 months of research on published articles to simply understand what can trigger this skin condition, since I never heard that term before. I actually spoke to several of the authors live on the phone and went thru some basic discussions. Although, many articles did not prove clearly, what causes V, every article/conversation lead me to one conclusion. V is generally triggered when something else is "disturbed" in the body. Basically, an imbalance is created somewhere else in the body. For some, the trigger is connected to genes, trauma to some, sunburn to some, vaccination to some, other medical conditions (such as thyroid levels or diabetes) to some, on and on and on.......We believe that vaccination induced vit to our child. I am very confident that, a cure is not very far in the future.
I'm interested about your thoughts on vaccinations, I am wary of them and even though I don't have children at this time when I do I am considering not having vaccinations for them.
We stopped vaccination. Going thru protopic journey now. At this rate, we expect complete cure by Mar/Apr. I seriously, believe that medicine is taking care of the condition.