How I turned my bath tub into a skin-healing spa No matter what your doctor may have told you, there are many effective treatments for vitiligo. And many of them are home remedies. I used a combination of certain nutritional supplements and regular sun exposure to regain nearly all my […]
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How would you rate your doctor? Back in the Dark Ages, before the internet, it was customary to rely on the family-doctor for all medical opinions, diagnoses and treatments. Our GP (primary care physician) was considered to be the infallible oracle for all questions biological and physiological and his or […]
The risk of D deficiency In my previous article on Vitamin D and Vitiligo I described the role vitamin D plays in the body and some of the reasons it can be helpful to supplement with this important nutrient. But in today’s post I am going to focus on a […]
Shedding light on phototherapy Ever since my vitiligo started to re-pigment some years ago, with the aid of nutritional supplements and sunshine, I have been fascinated by both elements of my recovery. I have written a lot about the nutrition involved but, until now, very little about sunshine or UV […]
Building hope and community When I first put my vitiligo success story on the internet in 2010 there were very few websites or blogs around that offered a genuine, personal account of what it is like to have vitiligo… And even fewer that actually offered any hope of recovery. Now, I’m […]
As someone with a keen interest in language, I believe that terminology is important. How we talk about things influences how we think about them. And how we think about them influences how we feel and, crucially, what we do about them. So, let me ask you this question: how […]
For the sake of everyone who finds #VitiligoProtocol a bit of a mouthful and bothersome to key into their browser, I am happy to announce that I have re-branded my #VitiligoSupportSite and #VitiligoBlog. I have shortened the name to something much more memorable. So Vitiligo Protocol is now The Vit […]
What are phenols and polyphenols and how do they affect pigment loss? Before you let the title of this post put you off reading any further, let me say that chemistry and biology were two of my least favourite subjects at school (joint second only to mathematics) so it comes […]
The Vitiligo 12 Days of Christmas As a child I used to lie to Father Christmas each year. When my mother took me to Santa’s Grotto and I was asked what I would most like for Christmas, I would reply “a Tiny Tears doll” or some other must-have toy of […]
What’s your trigger? A lot has been written about the possible causes of vitiligo. Scientific and lay publications on the subject often point in apparently contradictory directions. Some research points to a genetic cause, some to autoimmune involvement, others to oxidative stress, others to trauma… While some suspect digestive disorders […]
This delightful illustration of a human liver is by way of an introduction to this series of posts which I hope will be useful to all those vitiligo detectives out there looking for the underlying cause of their pigment loss. Until very recently I was only vaguely aware that vitiligo […]
Histamine and pigment loss In my last blog post A Vitiligo Mystery, I likened vitiligo to a convoluted whodunnit murder mystery, full of contradictions, plot twists, red herrings and a cast consisting of scores of suspects, one of which is histamine. Like all good whodunnits, the mystery of what causes […]
The weird and wonderful world of skin colour: part 1 It’s a pleasantly warm morning here in the north of England. (Yes, we really do get them sometimes.) But there is still some hazy cloud cover. So I am doing what I often do when I am at home this […]
Sun exposure and supplementation as part of a wider nutritional programme is my personal preference If you read my post entitled Should I Take Vitamin D For Vitiligo? you will remember that I ended by suggesting that taking vitamin D was a good idea… But that I would not necessarily […]
Some of the terms used in connection with vitiligo can be a bit baffling at first. Especially for those of us who don’t have a medical background. So I have put together a glossary of vitiligo terminology, featuring some of the most frequently used words. I hope you find it […]
… that could be making your white patches worse In 10 vitiligo solutions, part 1, I want to highlight five coping strategies that many people use, which could actually be making their vitiligo worse. (And offer some tried and tested alternative solutions.) Then in part 2 I shall cover five […]
How eating your greens helps guard against depigmentation It amuses me every time the media picks up on the latest “cutting-edge” research proving what we already knew… That vegetables and fruit are good for us. They are not just good for us. They are absolutely essential to maintaining physical and […]
What our pigment-producing cells do in their spare time I stumbled on an intriguing article the other day when the light-hearted title “What are melanocytes really doing all day long…?” caught my eye. For those of us with an interest in vitiligo, any mention of these pigment-producing cells always attracts our […]
I am ending this particular series of posts about conditions associated with vitiligo by focusing on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The two most common forms of IBD are #Crohn’s Disease and #UlcerativeColitis. In both cases parts of the intestinal tract become sore and inflamed. Whereas Crohn’s Disease can affect any […]
plus my thoughts on ducks, country walks, ships and ecosystems! If you are short on time and want to know what the opportunity to highlight vitiligo on TV is, then skip to the end of this post. But, if the subtitle intrigues you, please read on, and all will become […]
A (pillow) case study Wash before use! If you suffer from any kind of skin complaint, or from allergies of any description, this is wise advice. Especially fabrics that you will be coming into close contact with. Of course, this makes sense from a general hygiene point of view. But also […]