A few days ago Kam left a comment here about her success with protopic repigmenting vitiligo. It’s wonderful and hopeful news… I had quite a lot of pigmentation around the eyes mainly. First my GP told me there was nothing that could help me. For other reasons I changed my GP and the new GP [...]

The basics of protopic 1. no evidence of skin cancer has been associated with use of these agents in humans 2. it suppresses the immune response associated with vitiligo 3. it’s not a steroid 4. works for some, but not all, cases of vitiligo 5. it’s not absorbed into the bloodstream or body What is [...]

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Many people have been inquiring about the success rate of using Pseudocatalase on vitiligo white patches and I have been searching the internet for a comprehensive list of the results, but have been unsuccessful. So, if we can’t find what we’re looking for, what do we do? Change our approach. We will take a poll [...]

I received a comment today in which the writer asked how Protopic works on vitiligo, so here it is…more info than you may need about Protopic

What stuck out to me in this info:
1. no evidence of skin cancer has been associated with use of these agents in humans
2. it suppresses the immune response associated with vitiligo
3. it’s not a steroid
4. works for some, but not all, cases of vitiligo
5. it’s not absorbed into the bloodstream or body
What is Protopic
Both protopic and elidel have been reported in the US …

It is always exciting when someone leaves a comment that they have used a treatment that worked for them, but it is even more gratifying when we get to see the photographic proof and learn the details of treatment. Our good friend, Jimmy, who comments under the name of Lee Ha, has done this for us.
Via email, Jimmy has sent these before and after photo along with his recipe, for lack of a better word.
He says:
Since I have vitiligo about 11 months ago, I don’t consume red …

Tonight while shopping I saw a woman with vitiligo standing about 3 feet away from me. There was a man on her other side and I noticed that she caught a glance from him and immediately looked downwards while sliding her vitiligo covered hand into her coat pocket. (Does this sound familiar to you?)
I so wanted to lean over and tell her that he had smiled at her; that he wasn’t gawking at her vitiligo. But I knew all to well why she had done what she did. Immediately I …

A study performed by researchers in Iran concluded that nbUVB vitiligo treatments are more successful when associated with topical immunomodulators (Elidel, Protopic).
“Sixty-eight patients with vitiligo enrolled in this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. The patients were randomized into two groups and treated with NB-UVB plus either pimecrolimus or placebo for 3 months. Tri-weekly radiation was started at 280 mj/cm2, with 15% increments for each subsequent treatment until erythema was reported or a maximum of 800 mj/cm was achieved.
At baseline and 6 and 12weeks after commencement of therapy, vitiliginous patches were measured. …

A couple of weeks ago I told you about my dermatologist taking a 3 month break from my treatments so as to protect my skin. My main concern was whether the newly pigmented skin would encourage new pigmentation in the surrounding areas or if it would fade.
I haven’t been using the protopic or taking my vitamins, because i wanted to view the results without interference. I believe the new pigmentation is slowly fading. And I’m noticing that some of the areas that were previously pink (normally the precursor to pigmentation) …

I received a comment on a previous post in which I wrote about protopic being added to my excimer xtrac laser treatments. The writer asked how it works on vitiligo; upon reading the question I laughed at myself because I had no idea. Why on earth had I not researched protopic a bit more before using it?
So, here it is…more info than you may need about protopic

What stuck out to me in this info:
1. no evidence of skin cancer has been associated with use of these agents in …

As of last friday, my dermatologist, Dr. Ring, has added protopic as part of my xtrac laser treatments. I am to apply it twice a day except on the day preceeding a treatment. I will keep you updated as to any changes which occur in pigmentation.