Living with vitiligo can be emotionally debilitating; strangers staring inquisitively at the white patches adorning our skin is less traumatic to our psyche than the little voice in our head that berates our own self. Whether it is about the vitiligo or about any other aspect of our life, it’s imperative that we find a way to retrain our brain (my new favorite phrase) to feel better about life and be more content in our own skin. Read more
Vitiligo: dealing with the changes
Oftentimes there are great ‘conversations’ that go on over on our Vitiligo Friends facebook page. Today, was an especially good one that I wanted to share with you.
Friend wrote: I have to ask how you all have coped with having vitiligo. I have had it for about 9 years now. It just keeps getting worse and worse… Read more
Can forgiving help your vitiligo?
There are so many different concepts out there about what may trigger vitiligo and one prevailing commonality that seems to resonate with many of us is stress.
Many events in one’s life can be stressful, but I think that it’s not so much the big events like Read more
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Tags: emotional suffering, vitiligo-cures
Depigmentation Patterns in Vitiligo
Focal vitiligo is characterized by a few scattered macules. In some cases the depigmenation remains localized to these spots. For others, focal vitiligo can be a manifestation for general vitiligo.
Unilateral (segmental vitiligo)
In this case the patterns of depigmentatiaon involve small to large areas on one Read more
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Tags: acrofacial, generalized vitiligo, non-segmental vitiligo, segmental vitiligo
The hair follicle, a pigment cell reservoir
In order for repigmentation to occur in vitiligo, pigment cells must be found in one of these three locations: the hair follicle unit, the border of a vitiligo lesion or unaffected melanocites within depigmented areas.
Pigment cells found in the Read more
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