Vitiligo “facts” you may want to question The skin condition vitiligo, which results in patchy loss of skin colour, has been largely ignored and misunderstood for generations. Media and scientific interest in it are relatively recent and still in their infancy. But the times, they are a-changing. And increased awareness […]
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A real vitiligo cure is the holy grail As far as mainstream medicine is concerned, current vitiligo treatments focus on the symptoms rather than the causes of the condition. This approach is fine, as far as it goes. After all, white patches – the obvious symptom of vitiligo – are the main […]
One of my vitiligo contacts sent me this chart and gave me permission to share it (thanks, R.S.). It is the result of a lot of painstaking research on his part and backs up much of the information I have gleaned over the years too. Reading up on the subject […]
Another chapter in my henna story Despite my long history of widespread vitiligo, I consider myself lucky in that I have never developed much white hair. But I eventually started to grey naturally in those areas that most people eventually do. In other words, around the temples and at the […]
What part has collagen supplementation played in my repigmentation? Given that biology and chemistry were among my least favourite subjects at school, it strikes me as ironic that I am starting this post with an illustration of the mollecular structure of a collagen fibre and am about to talk about […]
… or for your vitiligo Following my recent post about the effects of #phenols on vitiligo, in which I was reminded that a little learning can be a dangerous thing, I found myself googling around a subject that I thought I already understood pretty well: #antioxidants. And, as it turns out, these […]
For as long as I can remember I have had problems with my digestion. I routinely suffered from tummy aches and cramps as a child. I even had a totally healthy appendix removed for no good reason. (Eventually getting a diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.) Even though both my gut […]
I just visited the Vitiligo Support International website for the first time in ages and was reminded what a superb resource this is for anyone living with this condition. It’s a really comprehensive source of information and the FAQs in particular are an excellent place to start if you are […]
and maybe new pigmentation! The holiday season is just about behind us. (I hope it was a good one for you.) And the new year is here. What better time to leave behind old habits, old disappointments and past ways of thinking? Ditch those things that may have prevented us […]
… as recommended by The Vit Pro This week I am very excited to announce the launch of Vitiligo Store… A new website offering products to help in the day to day management of vitiligo. (Including those that helped in my own recovery.) The site went live four days ago […]
Or you may not have anything to smile about One of the first areas of my face to lose its pigment when I was a child was the corners of my mouth – a common site for vitiligo lesions. Once I started to spend my time looking ito possible causes, […]
I received an email this week from the makers of a Channel 4 TV documentary which could offer an opportunity to raise awareness and understanding of what vitiligo is and how it can affect people socially and psychologically. (You may remember me posting about a previous series last November.) I […]
What causes vitiligo skin to turn white? It seems that press rumours of a cure for age-related greying of the hair were somewhat exaggerated. However, the research that triggered them is still good news for anyone with vitiligo… The skin disorder that causes areas of skin (and hair) to turn […]
Social media and body image research Researchers in the USA conducted some research into the effects of Facebook use on users’ body-image and their findings (summarised below) come as no surprise. However, they are not quite those I would expect if they had conducted the same research on vitiligo sufferers… […]
Or is it just a symptom? As the saying goes: “The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realise, the less I know.” Thanks to the internet, most of us affected by vitiligo nowadays can acquire a wealth of second-hand knowledge on the […]
Or is it the other way round? The subject of my previous post was the theory that a possible cause of vitiligo is so-called mitochondrial failure. And I will be returning to this subject later in this post. But first, I want to ask you a question: does your vitiligo […]
Is our perspiration bleaching our skin? There is a school of thought that says degenerative diseases are the result of an accumulation of toxic, acid waste in the body. In the case of vitiligo, this theory suggests the loss of skin colour may be caused partly by the destruction of […]
I found this great poem about vitiligo on the National Vitiligo Foundation website today… Picture of Perfection (A Poem by Brian K. Blackden) Let not the pigment of my skin describe me it is merely a covering to my soul I am not imprisoned by your glances your whispers fall unheard In contrast to most, […]
How checking for low stomach acid could save your skin I used to be slightly sceptical about vitiligo being an autoimmune disease. Mainly because no doctor had ever mentioned this to me (and still hasn’t to this day!). When I was first diagnosed, as a child, it was the 1960s. […]
If you were a cake what sort of cake would you be? For most of my life I was a marble cake. Personally, I love marble cake. it’s beautiful to look at and very tasty but I always knew I hadn’t started out as a marble cake and that made me […]
What should you not eat if you have vitiligo? Most doctors would have us believe that there is no link between nutrition and vitiligo. Any suggestion from a vitiligo patient to this effect is often met with a brusque dismissal or a condescending smile. So expecting advice from your GP […]