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Hypothyroidism, excimer laser re-pigmentation

5 July 2009 9 Comments

left-wrist-repigmentation First of all, I want to share some very exciting news. I went in for a TSH test on Tuesday because 2 years ago I stopped taking synthroid for my hypothyroidism and though I’ve been taking an all natural thyroid activator, a doctor friend of mine asked me to come in to have my levels checked to be sure it was indeed working. I received the great news on Friday: I no longer have hypothyroidism!

My doctor friend couldn’t explain the change, so, either my body just decided to work properly on it’s own, or the visualization I practiced worked. Either way, I am ecstatic with the results.

Secondly, I’d like to share some photo’s of recent results from my excimer xtrac laser treatments. The white outlines show the previous edges of my vitiligo. I have drawn in arrows to point out a few of the newly repigmentated areas. You will notice that the new freckles are a bit darker in color than my natural skin tone.

leg repigment jul-09

right-hand-repigment-jul-09

Hands in March 2009

The Hypothyroidism, excimer laser re-pigmentation by Nathalie Pelletier, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

9 Comments »

Kash said:

Well done Natalie,
I am delighted to hear your good news. You deserve it for all the great work you have done with your website. i cannot emphasise enough how wonderful it is. It has been a godsend to me.
ps what visualising techniques have you been doing?

# 6 July 2009 at 10:22 am

Terri said:

Hi Natalie,

I recently stop taking my synthroid. I went to the doctor and my levels were also normal. I wonder if the vitiligo has something to do with taking the synthroid, because I had a friend tell me that even if your thyroid is working your TSH levels will always come back normal while taking synthriod, so the only way to know is to stop taking them. What did you taking 2 years ago? What are you taking now?I am currently taking probiotics. And praying and believing God!
Thank you for sharing.

Terri

# 9 July 2009 at 10:06 am

k said:

I went to a laser centre in LA, couple of months ago, they told me that the chance of returning the pigments back is 50-50. I decided not to take the chance because it was too costly for me to go with such low success rate.

# 9 July 2009 at 1:06 pm

lynn said:

Hello, I had vitiligo for 25 years before I began taking synthroid. I have now been taking synthroid for about 15 years. My doctor said that vitiligo was caused from my thyroid. I’m hypothroid. My vitiligo is no better after all these years of taking synthroid. I’m about 99 percent depigmented all over. I do not think synthroid causes vitiligo and I do not think that synthroid makes it worse. Vitiligo just has a mind of its own. Anyway, I was just wanting to also know what you took Natalie as a natural thyroid activator because I have tried 3 times to stop taking synthroid to see if my thyroid would work on its own again, but it won’t. I always get very sick again without the synthroid. I would like to find something natural that would make my thyroid work again. I have always wondered if I could find something natural to make my thyroid work, that maybe my vitiligo would reverse itself. Never give up hope…Thanks for listening,—–Lynn

# 16 July 2009 at 2:55 pm

sf said:

Hi Nathalie,
Thanks for this vitiligo support site! I am looking forward to updates of your treatment progress. By the way, I read that you were using Protopic. What is Protopic supposed to do, and what has it done for your repigmentation? How is it beneficial to use Protopic along with Excimer laser treatments?

# 5 August 2009 at 12:26 pm

Nathalie Pelletier (author) said:

hi sf,
i use protopic intermittently- instead of daily- because of the health concerns linked with this topical med. i will research and write a blog this week about what protopic is and what is does…for both our benefits

# 6 August 2009 at 8:11 am

velika said:

ihavehypotireodism howmany chanceihave to get vitiligodid anyone who has hypotirodismmost be have and vitiligo

# 7 September 2009 at 4:23 pm

Stacy said:

Hi,
I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism when I was 14 I’m 25 now and stopped taking my thyroid medicine Synthroid about a year an a half ago when my insurance ran out. I now have insurance and a new doctor and when he checked my blood they found that my Thyroid is normal!! I was told when first diagnosed that I would be on the medicine for the rest of my life! So I guess it’s the same with you a miracle!

# 12 September 2009 at 5:35 pm

Rosa said:

I also have Hypothyroidism. I had vitiligo for alomst 20 years before I was diagnosed, so I don’t think it caused it. I’ve heard that it is also in the same category, an autoimmune deficiency. I also have Fibromyalgia.

# 17 September 2009 at 9:41 am