Hi, I’m Nathalie.  I started this site in 2004 as a means of reaching out to everyone living with vitiligo. It’s given me the opportunity to offer my support and to share my, let’s say, “adventures” with vitiligo.  This site isn’t my job, it is my passion.  The time that I spend creating it is paid back a million times over when I see  people from all over the world coming together to share healing ideas and support one another.

Each day I receive emails from people thanking me for the site, but it is I who thank you for coming back over and over again to be a part of this community.

My vitiligo became noticeable to me 13 years ago. It has been a very slow progression, and with my fair complexion it is not always apparent, but still, I know it’s there and it bothers me; some days more than others.

For about a year and one half I have been going to the dermatologist for the Excimer Laser Treatments. It’s working wonderfully; I just hope that the results will be permanent. I also take vitamin supplements because I believe that a lack of certain vitamins may be what triggers vitiligo. Unfortunately, I’m not diligent in taking them daily- honestly, sometimes the thought of taking 8 or more pills is just unattractive to me, lol.

Well, if you found that at all interesting and you would like to know even more about me, here’s a mini-bio that was written for me.

Nathalie was born in France and moved to the United States when her parents developed a hankering for the taste of freedom fries. After a brief 18 year stay in Dallas, she decided to shake up her life and move to St. Louis.

Nathalie attended the School of Journalism at Mizzou; however, her entrepreneurial spirit has taken her down the path of a few other careers: retail store owner, adjunct professor at St. Louis Community College, web designer/ editor, and creator of vitiligocover.com and vitiligo cover lotion.

Because she had never been particularly fond of working out, Nathalie devised a way to get paid to do so; she got her Personal Trainer certification and currently teaches yoga, aerobics, and The Five Tibetan Rites, privately in West county.

Little known fact: Nathalie loves hockey and is a die hard Dallas Stars fan.

Me with the Stanley Cup after Dallas won in 1998