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Virtual Meet-up?
I work for a company that makes an online meeting program for teaching and learning that includes audio, text chat, webcam video, and presentation/whiteboard components. (The company is Elluminate.) I have unlimited access to this program, and if we
Read more…Vitiligo and Gluten Sensitivity
Without a doubt I can tell you my vitiligo is worsened by gluten (a protein found in grains, such as wheat and barley). I know this because I have had repigmentation while on a gluten-free diet. And out of stupid incredulity, I have come off the glut
Read more…Is anyone NOT seeking treatment?
When I was first diagnosed in 7th grade (15 years ago) I used a topical steroid cream... then decided that I didn't want to be using something forever. I decided to embrace my pasty side. I did use make up for a few years to cover visible spots, then
Read more…What is wrong with having a little hope?
What is wrong with having a little hope, that someday something will work? Some people on here are making it as though if you are asking questions or feeling a little down one day that you are letting it consume you. Isn't this site for that , a litt
Read more…Outbreak After Staying Up?
Does anyone else get an outbreak if they stay up really late? I stayed up until 5-6 in the morning and found a white spot on my lip. I think my body reads staying up as stress, and we all know how stress can be a trigger.
Read more…Free World
Welcome to the free world of love peace and happiness. No vanity slaves we all are special and beautiful in a major way. The cure for all things is Love!!!!
Read more…Vitiligo in the workplace and professional settings
I have Vitiligo and I am a University professor. My hands and face have white spots. The result is discrimination. People look at your spots everything you do is colored by this stigma. We need to educate our society that this is not a disease only
Read more…New Network Colors
I've changed the color of the network to purple... Hope that's OK with everyone! I was told that there's been a proposal by the National Vitiligo Foundation to have purple be the color for Vitiligo awareness, and even had some purple wrist-bands mad
Read more…Pepper and Vitiligo Treatment
http://www.newbeauty.com/dailybeauty/entry.aspx?id=1782 Does anyone know anything more about this?
Read more…Vitiligo Videos
I put up several videos from YouTube about Vitiligo that I found tonight by doing a simple search on YouTube, which I'd never thought to do. I am somewhat STUNNED by how much better I have felt tonight by watching these videos. I'm curious if others
Read more…Question on Protopic Usage
Wanted to learn how protopic helped others in the initial stages of V. We are from a culture where V in girls is not a great thing to have. hene, suffering silently. found this community, so that i can speak my mind. See our story below: My 8.5 daug
Read more…Balance between treatment & no treatment
Hello. I am a new member grappling with how I want to pursue treatment for my vitiligo. I have had vitiligo for about 6 years, first spot on my underarm, then loss of pigment on my hands and feet, two spots in the corners of my mouth and now the unde
Read more…The Creation of a Social Network
Because I run a larger social network (4,500 educators), I'm really aware of the value of a place like this for dialog and collaboration. My Vitiligo is not debilitating for me, as I am light-skinned and am old enough not to be worried about the soc
Read more…What research is currently being done?
I was just wondering what researches are currently being done, and if they seem promising. Thank you :)
How was your vitiligo diagnosed?
What is the official diagnosis for vitiligo? My son has white spots that look exactly like vitiligo but he was put under a Woods Lamp and the derm said, it's not vitiligo cause there is still pigment and that with vitiligo the pigment goes away imme
Read more…Makeup
Is there any paticular brand of makeup that works the best.I was never a makeup person and don't know too much about it. I dont really need it now but I am starting to see a spot on my cheek and would like to start experimenting now to find my right
Read more…The type of vitiligo clinically
Clinically, vitiligo is divided into several types according to the scope of the patches and distribution, that is the suffused style and a skin stanzas type customarily. In order to unify the standard, the Chinese medicine combines Western medicine |
vitiligo: do people see it/care as much as you think they see/do?
Today I met a person I met many times before for business.Today for the first time (now that i know what vit is) I noticed his hands are fully depig and he has it on his neck, face and legs. He is white but not fair. He told me he had it since he was
Read more…Sun or No Sun: The Great Debate
I avoid the sun like it's my job. But it's pretty hard when you live on beautiful Lake Michigan. So I wear SPF infinity-and-beyond when I go to the beach. I avoid the sun because I heard it was bad for your Vit and it made my spots more noticeable. A
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