Can we think ourselves better? Are you a believer in the power of positive thinking? Most of us like to think of ourselves as generally more positive than negative. For a start, everyone needs to project a positive image at work. But we don’t always take it home with us. […]
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Does how old you are make a difference? As my lovely husband reminded me on my last birthday, age is just a number. I do so agree with him! To a great extent, age is what you make it. It can be an asset, a burden or an utter irrelevance, […]
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 […]
Some self-care tips actually work It is always a thrill to see the before and after photos and progress reports that vitiligo friends send me. Those taken by 37 year old Vera from the Netherlands have been especially impressive. A year ago (at the time of writing this post) she […]
A story of gaining and losing new pigment I have had the pleasure of corresponding with Jean, off and on, for a while now. She first contacted me three years ago, having rediscovered my website. She explained that she had previously tried the same supplements I used for my recovery […]
The role of melanocytes in creating skin colour is well known. But these cells are present throughout the entire body and perform a host of different tasks. It is therefore possible that melanocyte damage in vitiligo may cause other health problems too.
White patches may start in our genes but they affect our very soul Vitiligo is all about the skin – right? Surely that is the beginning and end of the subject. For generations, doctors reacted to their patients as if this were true. Until very recently, most viewed it as […]
Joel shares his experiences of losing and regaining his skin colour Most vitiligo therapies are designed to prevent or reverse pigment loss. But in extreme cases – typically when an individual has lost more than 50% of their skin colour – a more drastic approach may be used: total, chemically-induced […]
100% natural and vegan hair dyes I have previously posted on the topic of permanent versus semi-permanent hair dyes and recommended various henna-based products that have worked well for me. In this post I want to talk about a further 2 chemical-free ways to colour your vitiligo hair. Having vitiligo […]
What a shot in the arm that would be! As things stand, there is no outright cure for the appearance-altering pigmentary disorder we call vitiligo. The best that any of us can hope to achieve is a reversal of pigment loss and long-term remission, if we are lucky. A cure […]
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 […]
I have white patches on my skin: what should I do? If you, or someone you care about, have developed white patches on your skin and want to know what you should do about them, this vitiligo guide is for you. It was written, from first-hand experience, with the aim […]
I have been thinking about the concept of “visible difference”. The term has crept into our language over the past few years. And it strikes me as infinitely more positive and inclusive than its older cousin “disfigurement”. And yet I don’t think I have ever really considered until now even […]
We repeatedly hear that we need to eat more fruit and veg but, if everything I read on the subject of vitiligo (and good health generally) is true, we should minimise sugar intake as much as possible – including fructose. So, is fruit good or bad for vitiligo? Why veggies […]
Why The Vit Pro believes we should be optimistic about the advances being made in 2019 to improve quality of life and treatment options for vitiligo sufferers.
But new treatment could make it forget to create white patches Recent findings have revealed that our skin has a vitiligo “memory”. This explains why patches often return in exactly the same places some time after successful treatments end. It is because of so-called “skin memory cells”. This discovery is […]
Perifollicular, diffuse and marginal repigmentation patterns There is a fair amount of literature on the causes, treatments and possible cures of vitiligo. (See Vitiligo Science Is Progressing for a round-up at the time of writing this post.) The internet is awash with articles, research papers, forums, support groups and blogs […]
A more holistic approach to vitiligo Doctors the world over are fond of telling us that vitiligo is incurable. I get the impression that many of them have memorised the same script… A script that comes from a book with a title like A Book of Incurable Diseases and How […]
A safe gel that can definitely help to re-pigment the skin I never used to have much faith in topical vitiligo treatments because my successful re-pigmentation has been based on a nutritional approach. So it was a case of healing from the inside out, rather than from the outside in. However, […]
… and 5 reasons to love summer Each year, as we reach the end of summer, I find myself trying to hold back time. Willing the trees to hang on to their leaves. And wishing the nights were not drawing in that little bit more with each passing day. People […]