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vitilgo

Posted by Samantha Smith on May 27, 2011 at 12:28pm
ive had vitilgo since i was four. its always been on my hands feet and knees. when i was little i tried every treatment they had at the time. tanning beds, creams, pills. some of it worked but i just them back later in my teen years. i now have them on my feet,knees,elbows,back,face,fingers, armpits, and even my belly button haha. some of them are small and look like an animal or something so i named a few. i think if i had to pick a couple places for them to be gone itd be my legs and back everything else i could deal with. im tired of going to sleep with creams on me so ive stopped the whole looking for a cure thing. for the most part im at peace with myself, i still am self conscious but i think it's cuz i dont have any friends with it, something tells me thats my cure.

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  • sukrutha June 29, 2011 at 5:32am

    Hello Samantha, you look so pretty and you are fair in complexion and ur vitiligo goes with that when compared to people with dark complexion. when somebody looks at me and my vit I blame myself that I am special and beautiful, that's why they are not able to move their eyes. Be bold, make  friends, If anybody asks me about my VIT i will its a small cosmetic problem

               practice meditation which helped me a lot to come out of stress and depression and i an happy now

    • Samantha Smith > sukrutha June 29, 2011 at 10:55am
      i havnt tried meditation but ive always thought it was cool ill have to look into and thankyou.
  • MULUMBA ISMAIL June 28, 2011 at 11:06pm

    hello Samantha,

    first of all you should know you are so beautiful, u should fel proud of your self

    I have the same condition like you and being in Africa its kinda worse

    I cant go to the beach and get naked without people looking so much

    Hope we share our experiences dear.

    • Samantha Smith > MULUMBA ISMAIL June 29, 2011 at 10:56am

      thankyou(: and being in africa would make it worse im sorry, its really hot over here in texas but im sure not that bad haha.

  • paul holland June 28, 2011 at 7:58am

    I'm the same!

     

    No friends have it and i have it all over my body, but i'm tired of using steroid creams that bloody burn my face!

     

    But i really think talking about it helps..

    • Samantha Smith > paul holland June 29, 2011 at 10:54am
      i think talking about it helps too, to the right people.
  • Don Lujan June 10, 2011 at 4:18am
    I've tryed all kinds of makeup and creams and they always make my skin look orange so I don't know wats worse orange paches or white patches
  • Kimi May 27, 2011 at 4:25pm
    Hi!!! I've had vitiligo since I was 15 and now im 18 turning 19 in july...and so far I don't have major spots except a big one on the back of my neck. I feel really self-conscious about showing my vitiligo that I don't even put my hair up anymore...and I wish I could feel more comfortable with it :(. This site really helped me feel better about vitligo now that I know so many people are going through the same things I am, and I don't have any friends who have vitiligo so I really like that I can meet others with vitligo! :)
    • Samantha Smith > Kimi May 27, 2011 at 5:41pm
      haha yeah i have some on my neck too i dont really like putting my hair up either or wearing shirts that show my back. and yeah its nice to talk to people with the same thing(:
  • Kelly Ryan May 27, 2011 at 4:11pm
    Hi Samantha! I am 22 and have had vitiligo since I was 11. I have it on the majority of my face and 5 small spots on my back/chest/stomach. I would like to be able to repigment my face but I have had it for a long time now, so I am trying to just accept that it will probably stay. I am often self conscious about it too, but I do feel better about it now than I did a few years ago. I have never met anyone in person with vitiligo but after joining a few groups online and this site I am happy that I can talk to others with it. :)
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