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I AM SO HAPPY FOR ALL OF YOU

Hello Everyone, I was just reading some of the things posted by a lady named "Linda" and it really disturbed me that she seems so negative when it comes to people's success or how they may have begun to repigment. I think it's mean to say to anyone

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Nice video

This is a sweet video He's a little misinformed about a few things, but a positive opinion from someone who doesn't have Vitiligo is nice. :D Good to see the word about vitiligo is spreading out there and people are interested!

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Vitiligo and Hepatitis C

I don't know if this has been brought up in past discussions, but if not it is very important. Researchers have found a link between Vitiligo and Hepatitis C. People with active Hepatitis C have also been presenting with Vitiligo. It is important to

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The Genetic Component

I have read that the "experts" think that vitiligo can occur in more than one related family member. I don't know of a single blood relation of mine that has vitiligo and I have tried going back a few generations. I'm just wondering if anyone minds p

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have you heard of PLACENTREX???

As I was searching on vit I found this information "An Update on New and Emerging Options for the Treatment of Vitiligo: Phenylalanine and Placentrex®". I have NEVER heard of PLACENTREX before, have you??? It seems like it's an extract from human pl

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Anyone have both Vitiligo and Morphea?

Hello to my Vitiligo friends in internet land: Does anyone else have more than one autoimmune disease? It wasn't until a couple years ago that I learned it is common for women with one autoimmune disease to have another, but I still don't know too m

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Some come... others go...

I have noticed that some of my spots are gone --small ones-- BUT I'm getting new ones... How can this be?... Does this happens to you?... I thought if it is spreading, it meant "spreading"... not getting new spots while others are disappearing... I C

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Vitiligo not so big a problem?

Hi all, Reading all these discussions and seeing the photos I realise that I'm so lucky to have a really white skin so that vitiligo doesn't show that much not even in summer. My hands are nearly completely whitened by vitiligo so they are almost 'no

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Genetic clue

Researchers discover 'vitiligo gene', paving the way for new treatments 22.03.2007 In a study appearing in the March 22 edition of The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at St George’s, University of London, the University of Colorado at

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Explicit Material

I just deleted a well-meaning, but sexually explicit discussion topic here in our network. I'm messaging privately those who participated, but I think we need to make sure Vitiligo Friends is a place that parents and their children can feel comfortab

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Depigmentation

I don't want to try depigmentation until I can't take it anymore, but I am curious about it. For those of you who have done it or are in the process, are there side affects and can you go out in the sun ever? What if you wanted to take a vacation to

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