The cause of vitiligo is unknown, and it has no cure. But because it is not painful or damaging beyond the psychological effects, or causes death it has received little attention from researchers and medical professionals
I have two friends of mines on Facebook who are film documentary producers I'm going to get in contact with them to see if they would be interested in making a filmed documentary about vitiligo and some of us members of this web page (Vitiligo Friend
I notice that most of us men with Vitiligo would rather not use a cover cream like Derma Blend or Covermark, Women on the other hand are more comfortable with make up or cosmetics so they would much rather use a concealer I used to work in the constr
I would like to learn if anyone used Protopic or other ointment for vitiligo in the ear. If yes, pl narrate your experiences/suggestions/opinion/comments/advise. We will be seeing our derm in a couple of weeks from now.
I know there are so many scams around the world who wants to earn money but this one is a real doctor, has any body tried this one ? can some one who speaks Spanish explain what they are saying
When I was first diagnosed with vitiligo in 1983 at the age of 19 I asked myself dear God why me, because at first I really didn't know that much about it because I have seen people with it but never knew to much about it and on several occassions I
I have been told that I make too many discussion's here on Vitiligo Friends and I talk too much I can't help it I'm very opinionated especially when it comes to vitiligo, I'm tired of seeing people here who don't speak their minds or say nothing you
How come when I read about the most interesting cures or possible medicines for vitiligo it's always in some poor country half way around the world ? This one so-called doctor said he could cure me and make my pigmentation come back to over 95% but I
This question has been on my mind since I first got vitiligo almost 30 years ago, so should I assume that my vitiligo comes from my fathers side of the family since vitiligo runs in families and we get our blood type from our fathers. then again what
I'm not saying that the lighter skinned people suffer less from the effects of vitiligo because it's equally as devastating to them, I'm just saying that the darker your skin color is the more noticable your skin is when you have vitiligo and this is
When ever a person of color has vitiligo and they have children the children still have pigmentation just like the parent used to have before his vitiligo so you mean to tell me that these lilly white children are Michael Jackson's ? When a African-A
Since I have vitiligo and there's really nothing I can do about it so Iv'e learned to accept it so every now and then I sing that song by the late James Brown " Say it loud I'm black and I'm proud" but I change the words to "Say it loud I'm black and
I'm in my last year of journalism studies at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. One of the classes I'm taking is Photojournalism. I have a really important project to hand in (worth 40 per cent) that has to document lif
I simply told her that vitiligo is not painful from a physical standpoint but from a psychologically and emotional standpoint vitiligo is very painful, as a teen my vitiligo started when I was about 18 and that's usually the age when your dating and
I've went out and bought a narrow band UVB light. Well after 40 sessions my spots are starting to grow away to a point that it is no as visible or sticks out. It's pretty expensive and insurance does not cover buying this $2k machine, but I'm really
This network needs some serious exposure I never knew about it. I ve looked up sites for vitiligo before, only got vitiligosupport. Hey how did anyone else find this site? I found a post about it on YouTube.
Now a days too much research is going on around the globe, this one is amazing while they were researching a solution for skin cancer they found out that the treatment can activate the dormant Melanocyts .
Protopic (Tacrolimus) is a newer medication that has is prescribed by some dermatologists for vitiligo. Protopic, an ointment made by Fujisawa Pharmaceuticals in Japan, works to down-regulate (suppress) the immune response in an a
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