Sometimes I notice things about my Vitiligo that I wonder 1) if other people experience the same thing, and 2) if these might be potential clues to understanding the disorder.
For instance:
1. The Vitiligo areas on my forehead stay pretty consistently red (like a light sunburn) much of the time. They are without pigment, but because of the redness are not as dramatically noticeable.
2. Sometimes the areas without pigment on the back of my hands are red as well, but they are often also the regular stark white we normally associate with Vitiligo--not sure why sometimes red and sometimes not, and I don't think it's related to sun exposure. I have a "feeling" that when they are red they are more likely to show some repigmentation (usually in small dots or spots).
3. I had a mole one one finger which seemed to suddenly lose it's pigment. Around the mole the skin is normally pigmented, but the darker mole was replaced by Vitiligo just in that spot. That skin, too, is pretty consistently red and not stark white.
Anxious to hear if others have similar kinds of observations...
Steve
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Hey Steve, I've got the same things going on with my spots on my hand and forehead. So far no repigmentation there, and I was thinking it was sun exposure because I'm out in the sun a lot! I had a birthmark when I was younger on my calf about the size of a looine (Canadian one dollar). Now they say to watch birth mark and moles over the size of a quarter because they could become cancerous. So they did a skin core sample on it to see, turned out it wasn't but said to watch it. Well I did, and it disappeared because of the area around the damage done by the skin core sample depigmentated. So could vitiligo take away the risk of skin cancer with hyperpigmented areas? hmm funny disorder
Myriah, I read somewhere and of course can't find it now that people with vitiligo tend to have less chance of getting skin cancer, not more, even though the white areas have no natural protection. Would like to hear from anyone else who may have seen this. In the meantime, I will try to find the article again.
I have vit mostly on my hands and feet right now, although it is spreading up my wrists and I have small spots starting all over. I find that the spots on my hands and feet are sometimes red or pink. I think it is more related to blood supply than anything as it seems to occur mostly when I am warm. If I am cold the depigmented areas are very white. I don't know why the mole on your finger lost it's pigment but I wonder if it's related to the fact that moles are hyperpigmented and whatever causes our skin to lose its color really went to town in the hyperpigmented area. Who know? Vitiligo sure is a strange disease.
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I have vit mostly on my hands and feet right now, although it is spreading up my wrists and I have small spots starting all over. I find that the spots on my hands and feet are sometimes red or pink. I think it is more related to blood supply than anything as it seems to occur mostly when I am warm. If I am cold the depigmented areas are very white. I don't know why the mole on your finger lost it's pigment but I wonder if it's related to the fact that moles are hyperpigmented and whatever causes our skin to lose its color really went to town in the hyperpigmented area. Who know? Vitiligo sure is a strange disease.