Treatments & Solutions

Finally… delivering to the European Union again In part 1of this update I mentioned some of the obstacles we encountered over the past few years that prevented us from supplying our vitiligo solutions to certain overseas destinations… Specifically, these involved two factors – rising costs, and political and administrative barriers […]

Lower prices for USA and many other countries I’m sure I’m not the only one who finds it ironic that, as technology and global communications have improved, countries seem to have placed more and more trade barriers between themselves and their neighbours. And, as always, it’s consumers who pay the […]

Ruxolitinib and beyond If you, or someone else in your life, have vitiligo you probably already know that the first ever anti-vitiligo drug to hit the market recently received approval for NHS use in the UK. And you may also appreciate the monumental step forward this achievement represents. In fact, […]

A personalised (more holistic?) approach to vitiligo therapy “Precision medicine for vitiligo” might seem like a daunting title if you were looking for a quick and easy read to fill a spare five minutes. But don’t worry. I’m not about to launch into any complex science or obscure medical jargon. […]

Vitiligo information and a gateway to the products After a couple of months in a kind of website-limbo-land, I am pleased to announce a new look for Vitiligo Store. For the past 10 years the site has been a labour of love, born out of my own vitiligo recovery and […]

With no harmful side effects How do you react when someone makes a statement that you find hard to believe? A statement that sounds utterly ridiculous, irrational or unlikely like, for example, “Laughter could improve your vitiligo.” You might (rather fittingly) respond by saying “You’re the one having a laugh, […]

What is it and why do most specialists prefer it? If you stay abreast of the medical literature you may have heard of combination therapy for vitiligo (sometimes called polytherapy). Most experts seem to agree that this approach is more effective than using just one type of treatment in isolation […]

An organic way to heal For hundreds (if not thousands) of years people with vitiligo have dreamt of being cured. Quite literally dreamt, if I am anything to go by. I remember waking up with that dream still fresh in my mind. It seemed to my half asleep brain that, […]

Whole-person therapy for a whole-person condition Vitiligo is one of those poorly understood conditions that defies simple explanation and simple treatment. Until quite recently it received scant attention from health providers and researchers. In fact, most doctors believed it was a harmless cosmetic disorder. It had no cure and was […]

Changing your skin colour: reasons and risks What are skin-whitening (a.k.a. skin-lightening or skin-bleaching) treatments? Quite simply, they are products or procedures that lighten the colour of skin. The clue, of course, is in the name. But don’t be fooled into thinking that something with such a self-explanatory description always […]

Formulations for health and / or beauty? Anyone familiar with the story of my “accidental vitiligo recovery” will know that I attribute my re-pigmentation (over a decade ago) to several nutritional supplements. And that one of these was pure collagen powder. Exactly how collagen may have helped was the subject […]

Treat your stress, treat your skin When we think about vitiligo therapies, we usually think in terms of physical treatments. Oral and topical medicines plus phototherapy spring to mind… As well as alternative approaches like nutritional, herbal, traditional and holistic remedies. Diverse as they are, what these therapies have in […]

A story of vitiligo management Once upon a time (not very long ago) hardly anyone knew hardly anything about a hardly talked-about condition. That condition was called vitiligo. Then, very gradually, people actually did start to talk about it. They learned more about it too… much more. But they didn’t […]

Animals help reduce stress and anxiety Pet therapy for vitiligo? Are you kidding? Well, I know it sounds unlikely that keeping animals could help your skin condition. But bear with me (no bear pun intended). The idea for this rather unusual vitiligo blog topic came to me in two ways… […]

Body art and micropigmentation for white patches Tattoos have never been so popular. Once the preserve of sailors, manual labourers and bikers (almost exclusively of the masculine gender) they are now considered a unisex and mainstream fashion statement by people all ages and backgrounds. And currently one of the hottest […]

5 reasons to nurture your creativity Do you have vitiligo or perhaps another long-term condition? Maybe you have different sorts of concerns or difficulties that tend to dominate your thoughts or cause you to struggle with aspects of your life. If so, I would love to know whether or not […]

Thanks to everyone who has been willing to share their re-pigmentation stories This month’s post is just a quick one, as so many people are on their holidays at the moment. (And if you are taking a break from your gadgets you may not even see this!) I shall also […]

Healing skin by switching on our self-repair system In part 1 of this blog I posed the question “Can sleep cure vitiligo?“ Or more accurately, “might lack of sleep be a factor in the development of certain chronic disorders, including vitiligo?” And the answer was almost certainly yes. What prompted […]

Or else they imitate nature I am a big believer in the healing power of nature. I think that the best vitiligo therapies are natural… Or else they imitate nature. And will return to that subject in a moment. But first, I want to begin, in apparently contradictory fashion, by […]