If you notice white patches on your skin, the best way to get it diagnosed and begin treatment is to visit a dermatologist. But since you’re searching the internet right now for answers, I’m going to tell you the differences between vitiligo and tinea versicolor; the 2 most common reasons for those pesky white patches on your skin.
Psoralen One of my old college professors told me, “If you want a new idea, read an old book.” So thanks to Dr. Richard N. Miller at the University of Central Florida I read an old book on vitiligo. Dr. Montes listed this book in the bibliography of an article; Abdel Monem El Mofty called … Read more
Food Choices Our family adopted a pure vegetarian lifestyle (no meat, dairy or eggs). Check out why we chose this life style. You might also be asking yourself, how did we convince our children to go along with us? Vitiligo is theorized to be an autoimmune disease. As an autoimmune disease it should respond well … Read more
Chapter 5 Treatment Long after the first recognizable picture in the puzzle is put together, many of the other pictures are falling into place. Some of the hardest work is yet to come. It is the most monotonous part. One particularly hard puzzle had a clear blue sky. It was just about impossible for me … Read more
You Are Not Alone (with vitiligo)One percent (1%) of the world population is estimated to have vitiligo, which is one person out of one hundred. That may seem like a large percentage. When I first heard that number I said, no way, it couldn’t be, I thought it had to be a smaller percentage, I just couldn’t remember seeing that many people with vitiligo.
Before everyone runs out to buy a bottle of to cure vitiligo, I have some news…Selsun Blue is effective for clearing up the white patches of a fungal skin condition called tinea versicolor. When I first heard about the shampoo curing vitiligo, I went straight to the store and bought some before doing any further … Read more
