Nathalie,
I read your article about pepper possibly improving repigmentation in vitiligo patients.  I have had vitiligo for nearly 10 years.  However, it is a very mild case and was not exposed on my face until a few years ago.  My dermatologist has put me on a topical cream that doesn’t seem to do much for me.  I applied it for three months with little to no improvements.  I actually seemed to have more success without the medicine on my face.  My case seems to be based on stress.  Vitiligo didn’t …

There have been a few commenters lately telling of a medicine called meladinina which has cured them of vitiligo. They say that they got the meds from Cuba and that some people even travel all the way there to get treatment and buy meladinina.
With a quick search on the internet, I found that meladinina is a mexican brand name of a medicine found in the pharmacologic category, Psoralen. To my surprise there are Canadian and U.S equivalants to meladinia:

As an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at the Oregon Health & Science University, what sparked your interest in finding a cure for vitiligo?
My field of expertise is the identification of potential new drugs from natural sources e.g plants used in traditional medicines.  I started working on finding a treatment for vitiligo while I was employed at the Pharmacy Department, Kings College London, University of London.  This arose as a result of Maxine Whitton, then Chair of the UK vitiligo society, contacting me to see if I could …