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 […]
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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 Today 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 […]
Digestive recovery and vitiligo recovery may take guts Combatting a stubborn and complex condition like vitiligo is not easy. It is not simply a matter of asking your family doctor for a prescription. Not even your dermatologist can wave a magic wand and make the white patches on your skin disappear. […]
The pros and cons of hiding vitiligo Continuing with my previous topic about the increasing number of helpful vitiligo blogs and stories out there, I’d like to mention one on YouTube that was actually part of an advertising campaign. But it is genuinely inspiring. Well worth watching if you ever […]
And how I have my skin to thank for my internet addiction! I grew up and lived almost half a century with little or no access to instant information. In fact there was no information at all on the poorly-understood, never-talked-about, incurable and largely ignored skin condition that we call […]
Common vitiligo coping strategies From the first moment a person notices white patches appearing somewhere on their skin, they start to develop coping strategies. Whether they realise it or not. There is no right or wrong way to react to pigment loss. After all, we are all different. And different […]
… as effective therapy for vitiligo There was a time when any vitiligo patient who dared mention the word “vitamin” in the presence of their doctor would have earned themselves a patronising smirk and a dismissive assertion that “no evidence exists to show nutritional-supplementation has any effect on the condition […]
How to REMove your white spots Every night, when I settle into my comfy bed, I look forward to that blissful state of suspended animation that we call sleep. It’s a wonderful and mysterious thing. And we all know that getting enough sleep is important for our health and wellbeing. […]
Why my favourite brand labels are the ones in my waste bin! I have had problem skin (in the form of vitiligo) virtually all my life. As a result, I have had ample opportunity to notice how my skin reacts to certain fabrics and other materials. One of the most […]
Happy birthday: but not too many happy returns of the day! It only seems like a couple of years since I first heard of it. But World Vitiligo Day is 4 years old today. The brainchild of Steve Haragdon, who founded #VitiligoFriends, and Ogo Maduewesi, founder of #VITSAF, #25June is […]
Artificial versus natural sun protecion We have been blessed with some gorgeous warm, sunny weather this spring and summer so far. That said, sunny conditions are never a certainty in our neck of the woods, but I live in hope that this year will continue in the same vein for a […]
Why cold weather may worsen pigment loss At the time of writing this post the weather reports were warning of snow. And my daily walks saw me swapping a thin fleece for my warmest jacket, scarf, hat and gloves… something I used to love to do back when I had […]
The weird and wonderful world of skin colour: part 2 Now for part 2 of my Weird And Wonderful World blog series… (Part 1 posed the question How Transparent Are You?) In this post I discover that melanin is not the only pigment. And I find a fascinating article that […]
… that could be making your white patches worse In part 1 of this article I flagged up five coping strategies that are often adopted by vitiligo sufferers, unaware that they may actually cause further depigmentation. 10 Vitiligo Solutions, part 2, will highlight a further five potentially counterproductive strategies. And, […]