In this side by side (before and after) comparison of Emily’s vitiligo, you will be able to dramatically see how much progress we have made.

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 the book Vitiligo and Psoralens. PUVA, Psoralen combined with Ultra Violet light is a common therapy for vitiligo. I enjoyed reading about these psoralens because it made me realize I had options, other than pharmaceuticals with …

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 to distinguish each individual piece. You couldn’t look at the cover and see where the piece would fit in, they were all seemingly the same. So I started one piece at a time, trying to fit …

And all that got me wondering has anybody done any research on attitudes to vitiligo (by both people who have it and the societies they live in) in different cultures/countries? In particular, in cultures which are basically of Northern European extraction? Are for example Swedes, who seem to have a pretty relaxed attitude to their bodies in general, less bothered about it?

The possibility of gluten intolerance being connected to vitiligo has been brought up many times, on this site and in medical journals, and the theory makes a lot of sense to me because of the similarities I see with other issues known to be connected to vitiligo.
We already know that that many people with vitiligo have a Folic Acid and/or B12 deficiency, and I’ve read some cases where patients have received B12 injections repigmented.
I dug a little deeper into what causes B12 deficiency and found that those with the disorder …

A drug initially developed to protect skin from light and UV will soon be tested as a repigmentation therapy in vitiligo