Investigating the mystery of vitiligo I don’t remember exactly when my addiction to detective stories began. It might have been back in the 1970s, when I first started watching the disarming and dishevelled homicide detective Lt. Columbo. I loved how he relentlessly hunted down his prime suspects with “just one […]
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The deeper I delve into the subject of nutritional supplementation for vitiligo (and general health, for that matter), the more I realise that getting it right is a real balancing act. A lot of people mistakenly believe that eating a varied diet provides enough good nutrition to maintain optimum health. […]
A FLY IN THE VITILIGO OINTMENT Those of us who live in the north of England have to grab every opportunity to enjoy whatever sunshine we can – whenever we can. The weather pattern here over the past few years has been characterised by pleasantly warm, sunny days in spring […]
Is Histamine a prime suspect? I sometimes feel that using the internet to delve into the causes of vitiligo is a recipe for insanity because it can lead you in ever decreasing circles. As someone with no formal scientific training and only hazy recollections of school chemistry and biology lessons, my […]
Patients & families deserve better I hope you will forgive me if I use my blog on this occasion to have a bit of a rant about something that never ceases to shock and dismay me whenever I come across it… which, I’m sorry to say, is all too often. […]
The weird and wonderful world of skin colour: part 3 Continuing my Weird And Wonderful World Of Skin Colour series… It occurs to me that what is weird to some may be wonderful to others. Certainly, I always felt that having white patches on my skin was definitely weird. But […]
A review of Hairprint Most people think about vitiligo recovery in terms of restoring pigment to the white patches it causes on our skin. But the other big question is “Is it possible to turn vitiligo hair back to its natural colour?” For some people, this is just as important […]
Could new cancer research hold the key to a cure? One of this week’s most exciting media stories was the spectacular success scientists are experiencing with engineering immune T-cells to target a particular type of blood cancer. Life-threatening diseases are a clear priority for this kind of research. But there are […]
Getting hot and sticky: one of life’s simple pleasures! My husband and I recently had a holiday that took us to the sunny climes of the Middle East and South East Asia. An exciting holiday, to be sure, but until my repigmentation several years ago, this sort of trip would […]
“Super Vit” all dressed up for… … the superheroes’ celebration! … wherever you are in the world Ever since starting my blog more than five years ago I have enjoyed connecting with #vitiligo-friends all over the world. Thanks to the internet and email, I have been privileged to witness, and […]
Safer than sunbathing, as long as you choose a good UV lamp and use it properly Following on from last week’s blog post, I’d like to answer the question, how safe is homeUV phototherapy? The reason being that it is a serious medical treatment and needs to be approached with […]
Creating Real Pigment without the Sun Summer is now in full swing, a fact that may or may not be cause for celebration if you have #vitiligo. Whether this season fills you with joy or with frustration, I hope that you will feel encouraged by some news I shall be […]
Tell your story, make a difference Those of us on the inside of the “vitiligo community” know only too well how profoundly the loss of normal skin colour can affect a person. We know all the ways, great and small, that the condition impacts on our daily life, on our confidence […]
By treating the roots or the fruits? Most of us with first hand experience of living with vitiligo are keen to know what causes it. (And even keener to know if there will ever be a definitive cure). The potential for a single cure seems poor because all evidence points to […]
Re-pigmentation and the meat-free myth This post – from a purely nutritional point of view – is my attempt at answering a common question… Do you recommend a vegetarian diet for vitiligo? But before I get to the “meat” (sorry) of this article, I need to make a couple of […]
… paints a thousand words It has been five years since I first shared my vitiligo success story on the internet. I didn’t share it because I necessarily expected the same approach to work for everyone, but because I knew that many vitiligo sufferers feel helpless and hopeless. And their […]
.. that’s OGILITIV! Having just returned from 2 weeks holiday in the sunshine (which, prior to my repigmentation, would have been an endurance test) I realise I had prepared this post before going and completely forgot to share it with you! So, my belated New Year wish is that you […]
Many vitiligo opportunities The title “Four vitiligo options” might suggest that you are going to read about four treatments. But that’s not what this post is about. It’s more about how we react to having vitiligo. Of course, the one option we don’t have open to us is not to […]
A balanced look at a tricky subject Vaccination against the flu and and other potentially serious diseases plays an important role in preventative medicine. Indeed, it protects and saves countless lives every year the world over. However – leaving aside the unhelpful politicisation of the subject in the wake of […]
Takes more than a knee-jerk reaction Today, we all probably know more about diet, nutrition and health than at any time in history, due, in the main, to modern media and the miracle of search engines. And yet (no doubt for the very same reasons) most of us have a […]
Mitochondria research could be the key to a leucoderma cure The internet is teeming with information about vitiligo. Clinical papers, research updates, support groups, blogs and authority websites are all rich sources of fascinating facts and figures, comments and opinions. This is a good thing if, like me, you enjoy […]