Just was wondering if anyone had any experience getting tattooed as a cover up or ever thought about it. If so was there any place around the Houston area. Summer time is just making things worse which really sucks because I used to love being outdoors but now I never leave the house unless for work.
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I didn't know if you knew about Scott Jorgensen, good read!
Jesse
When Scott Jorgensen stepped onto the scales last Friday, alert fans on the UG noticed a couple of changes. One, he had some new ink on his chest. And, two, his vitiligo, or, as an astute UGer put it “speckled with awesome,” appeared to have disappeared.
Vitiligo (pronounced vit-ill-EYE-go) is a disorder in which the cells that make pigment in the skin are destroyed. As a result, white patches appear on the skin.
Between one to two million people in the USA have the disorder. The cause is unknown.
This image was take in June of 2011, at UFC 131.
This image was taken Friday.
It figures that a fighter’s response to a disease would be extreme. Ben Fowlkes has the story.
Scott Jorgensen’s vitiligo condition is especially pronounced in the places where he was repeatedly grabbed during college wrestling and MMA training. He didn’t care enough about aesthetics to stop training because of it, but when he was a junior in college, his mother fought with her insurance company to get them to cover a laser treatment that was supposed to help it.
“I went once, and it was worse than getting tattooed,” Jorgensen said.
From that point on he figured he’d just live with it, but doctors had told him he had a particularly aggressive case of vitiligo. Turns out they were right, Jorgensen said, because now it “pretty much just took over.”
That’s why when Jorgensen came out there were no more splotches. His skin seemed to have gone completely pale, which left some people wondering if he’d sought medical treatment for it. In fact, Jorgensen said, he’d done the opposite, simply allowing the vitiligo to run rampant. The upside was that it made his many tattoos appear that much brighter, because “literally I have no pigment in my skin, so it’s like coloring on a white piece of paper.”
Whatever you decide to do, see a dermatologist first. I have one through my PCP and one through the VA. More dermatologist are becoming aware of people with vit and addressing their issues. Also more insurers are providing coverage. (thanks Renale)
I did some tattooing cover up a few weeks ago. It has helped and looks good. Just make sure you are not taking anything that can thin out your blood(AKA Blood thinners).
I thought about tattoo, but I realized my spots have been shifting. I love being outdoors too. There is also something called MicroSkin.
What is Microskin Technology? Microskin is a simulated second skin, which is applied by either a sponge or an airbrush. The liquidized color is specifically formulated to the patient's skin tone and adheres to the epidermis for a much longer-lasting effect than other types of camouflage products. Patients receive professional treatments first, along with training on application techniques. Once they know how to apply Microskin to their own skin, they can use the product at home as needed.
yeah sounds useful but after reading it sounds like you would have a lot of limitations. I might just have to consider a complete skin transplant or just taking my skin completely off and going without.
I know what you mean, I still do things outdoors, I just use more sunblock and buy workout clothing with long sleeves. I have to suck it up, I have a three year old that I try to keep active outdoors and I have decided recently that my vitiligo will not dictate my life (one day at a time). Also, at our recent meeting, a member brought up the fact of bringing more awareness to vitiligo. I felt that covering myself with sleeves hides it better but I am slowly working my way to using short sleeves comfortably. You should join us next week at Starbucks on June 11 at 4pm next to the Galleria.
I tried "tattoo" or as it's called dermatological pigmentation, on my neck. My vit spread. I think it depends on the individual and what caused the vit to manifest itself. My Vit started in an area that I had experienced a MRSA incident on my face and neck. I then developed hyperthyroidism. Don't know if the MRSA was the catalyst for the thyroid problem but it was in the same area. Since then the MRSA flares up along with folicicitis in my beard area. I was even taking antibiotics when I got the tat. Some people have been successful in using tats to cover up. So once again I think it is all in what caused the vit in the first place. I would talk to a dermatoligist before I try any treatment.
Some people think having trauma to the skin will cause more vitiligo to trigger. But I got one about 3 weeks after my largest "flare up" and still have not had any vitigo in that area. I have it from wrist to armpit and on my neck and chest. It does stand out more in the Texas sun as we get darker but I noticed that using the DermaBest gel combined with sun brings a little pigmentation back. My husband suggested tattooing as cover up too once. I worry about aggravating it and causing it to spread.
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Hi Guys,
I didn't know if you knew about Scott Jorgensen, good read!
Jesse
When Scott Jorgensen stepped onto the scales last Friday, alert fans on the UG noticed a couple of changes. One, he had some new ink on his chest. And, two, his vitiligo, or, as an astute UGer put it “speckled with awesome,” appeared to have disappeared.
Vitiligo (pronounced vit-ill-EYE-go) is a disorder in which the cells that make pigment in the skin are destroyed. As a result, white patches appear on the skin.
Between one to two million people in the USA have the disorder. The cause is unknown.
This image was take in June of 2011, at UFC 131.
This image was taken Friday.
It figures that a fighter’s response to a disease would be extreme. Ben Fowlkes has the story.
About 2 years into it I got tattooed on some part of my hands to see how it worked. It covered it up but eventually through the years faded away.
Whatever you decide to do, see a dermatologist first. I have one through my PCP and one through the VA. More dermatologist are becoming aware of people with vit and addressing their issues. Also more insurers are providing coverage. (thanks Renale)
I did some tattooing cover up a few weeks ago. It has helped and looks good. Just make sure you are not taking anything that can thin out your blood(AKA Blood thinners).
I thought about tattoo, but I realized my spots have been shifting. I love being outdoors too. There is also something called MicroSkin.
What is Microskin Technology?
Microskin is a simulated second skin, which is applied by either a sponge or an airbrush. The liquidized color is specifically formulated to the patient's skin tone and adheres to the epidermis for a much longer-lasting effect than other types of camouflage products. Patients receive professional treatments first, along with training on application techniques. Once they know how to apply Microskin to their own skin, they can use the product at home as needed.
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I know what you mean, I still do things outdoors, I just use more sunblock and buy workout clothing with long sleeves. I have to suck it up, I have a three year old that I try to keep active outdoors and I have decided recently that my vitiligo will not dictate my life (one day at a time). Also, at our recent meeting, a member brought up the fact of bringing more awareness to vitiligo. I felt that covering myself with sleeves hides it better but I am slowly working my way to using short sleeves comfortably. You should join us next week at Starbucks on June 11 at 4pm next to the Galleria.
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