My brother's death is imminent. A month ago he was operated on for colon cancer and the cancer had spread to his liver, lungs and bones. I will be gone from here for a couple of weeks because I will be by his side. We are leaving in a little while fo
My Dermatologist has given me protopic 0.1% and he says I should use it twice a day of course to the affected areas and then he said to come in three times a week for UVA therapy. Have any of you had success with Protopic or UVA therapy? I have been
Hello friends I would like to share this information that I received in my Fall vitiligo newsletter through Vitiligo Support International.
Can a flu vaccination make vitiligo worse?
As we approach flu season, the federal government is workin
What a fun day! 1,002 members now in VitiligoFriends.org. Thanks to Darcel de Vlugt for coming on and being our 1,000th member--there's something poetic about that... We were at 999 members and I emailed that if she joined quickly she might be our 1,
well hi guys am just letting u guys know that i never believed it but the real cure is ur self meaning..... its all a mental thing..dont get stress thats the real cure i whent trough protapic,venos,puva and yea puva worked the best but i havent gotte
I just corresponded by email with Darcel de Vlugt, the young woman who was recently interviewed on the Today Show in the US (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32549732/) among other places. How fun to connect with her!
Darcel has agreed to join us for one
Hi, everyone!
It's fun to see Vitiligo Friends growing so much, but I feel terribly guilty that I'm not doing a good job welcoming new members. I'm in the middle of almost 9 straight weeks of travel for work, and I wondered if we might want to organ
wondering - do vitiligo patches show up immediately as small white dots that continue to emerge (then connect) or have some people had medium to larger pale patches show up that become whiter and whiter?
I've been using protopic for a few weeks now and have noticed some small spots of repigment on my face, I heard protopic is more effective when getting sun or UVB exposure or something like that. Well I wear makeup most of the time and it's difficult
Hello everyone, it has been awhile since I've been on here, I just wanted to share my status on treatment, I have been getting alot of color back from the protopic, mostly on my face, and some on my chest and back and left leg, but the right side on
This is real talk here people and I'm sharing my story with you out of personal pain. For years I was single because I couldn't find that special person in my life, The women I dated previously were turned off because of my Vitiligo I thought they we
Everyday, i think of a reason why god would put such a burden on all of us, and it hit me maybe he did because of all the racism in the world and he wanted us all to be one color, to love oneanother regardless of our skin color. To see we are all the
Hi,
i´m interested to go to Cuba to receive the vitiligo treatment, do you know something about this, have you received some similar treatment, what has been your experience?
Thanks,
Leti