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Friends,

I would like to share with everyone my positive experience with treatment that worked for me, hoping it will give some of you renewed outlook on your condition. Please remember that what works for one person may not work for another, and in

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Water proof cover up

Does anyone know of a good cover up makeup that can be used in the water? I know that may sound shallow but people stare at my white spots and I'm paranoid about it. But I like being in the pool to swim and like the feeling of having nothing but shor

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venting...

so i was walking downtown with my friend last night and we passed this guy with vitiligo and i said, "hey, he has vitiligo!" and my friend says, "v-what?" i say again, "vitiligo, don't you see his arms," and he says, "oooh, i just thought he got burn

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New member

Hi there! I´m new to this site, so a little bit of information about me.

My vitiligo was diagnosed in year 2000, when I was 16 years old. It started from two small white spots. One was on my right elbow and one was on my right thigh. As it was autumn

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New member, just diagnosed

Hi all-

I wanted to say "hi" as a new member of the community. I was just diagnosed with Vitiligo this week at age 37. Last year, I had a couple of spots on my hand that my family doctor treated as tinea versicolor. This year, spots reappeared once it

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losing your identity:(

Does any one of color or a nationality have some kind of hatred towards vitiligo for robbing u of culture. I am of capeverdean des..and if I didn't have vitiligo everyone could plainly see. But now I will be mistaken for mixed or white. Kinda frustra

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Hearing loss

Curious to know if anyone has had any problems with their hearing?  I ran across a couple of articles that say,

"Some studies have shown that the auditory function was decreased in patients with pigment disorders such as vitiligo, especially in the h

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sun and vitiligo

Recently I've been laying in the sun alot. I have been using a bannana boat tan spray to help in color. I noticed a couple of my white spots turn pink after being in the sun for a couple of hrs. Does anyone kno why this is? Does it mean the color wil

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Just a long status :)

happy vitiligo awareness day guys!!! I think its great that there is a page where people who dont really have any one else quite like them can meet people who are having the same problems. Even though my vitiligo has not grown verry deep on my face m

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Make up

I read that there is a make up that covers this Vitiligo up so that others can not see it.  I have it under both side of my chin.  Does any one know what the name of these make ups  are and where I can buy it?

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Itching before breakout

Hi all!  I am new here and looking forward to meeting everyone.  Whenever I have a breakout of white patches or a white spot, the area itches beforehand. It itched really bad on my neck and that is where it all started a few months ago. Wondering if

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