http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LmbvnafzS0 Join me on my month long journey to experiment with ginger root juice to repigment my vitiligo. Please subscribe to my YouTube channel for the daily updates. Related Postsvitiligo repigmentation experiment 2012- ginger root juiceAggressive Treatment of Vitiligo AdvocatedWhen Vitiligo and Psoriasis Coexist, Keep LookingTumeric worsens vitiligoDr. Joanna L. Chan: Repigmenting Vitiligo

By: DAMIAN McNAMARA SAN FRANCISCO — Because children generally respond better to vitiligo interventions than adults, early recognition and treatment are crucial, Dr. Pearl E. Grimes said. “These patients need you. I strongly encourage you to be a little more aggressive when children with vitiligo come into your practice,” Dr. Grimes said at a seminar [...]

By: BRUCE JANCIN, Skin & Allergy News Digital Network LISBON – Comorbid vitiligo and psoriasis is a red flag signaling the need to dig deeper looking for potentially associated diseases, including cardiovascular, autoimmune, or psychiatric diagnoses. A study of 154 Italian vitiligo patients showed that a family history of cardiovascular disease was present in none of [...]

Whereas I frequently recommend curry/ turmeric/ curcumin to patients for its wonderful anti-oxidation benefits, here we see that, like all natural substances, it is a double edged sword and, accordingly, must be wielded carefully.

Dr. Joanna L. Chan explains how skin grafts from a patients own body can repigment areas affected by vitiligo. This surgical option is primarily for patients who fail to respond to topical treatments or phototherapy or have more difficult-to-treat forms of the condition, such as segmental or focal vitiligo. View Video Now. Related PostsCan Ginger [...]

VIENNA — Interleukin-12 may play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of vitiligo by promoting melanocyte destruction via cytotoxic immune responses, Marcel Brönimann, M.D., said at the annual meeting of the European Society for Dermatological Research. Interleukin-12 is known to stimulate production of interferon-gamma and other type 1 cytokines and to activate cytotoxic T cells. [...]

“Something unique in our study is that we collected information on body surface area of involvement,” Dr. Gilliam said. “And we had a dermatology perspective rather than a rheumatology perspective.

ENDOCRINE AUTOIMMUNITY by Judy Luborsky, Ph.D. Endocrine autoimmunity deals with autoimmune disorders that affect specific endocrine glands. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (low thyroid function) and Graves’ disease (overactive thyroid function), are among the most commonly occurring endocrine autoimmune diseases. What is the Endocrine System? The endocrine system co-ordinates the body’s physiology and assists in responses to internal [...]

Living with vitiligo can be emotionally debilitating; strangers staring inquisitively at the white patches adorning our skin is less traumatic to our psyche than the little voice in our head that berates our own self. Whether it is about the vitiligo or about any other aspect of our life, it’s imperative that we find a [...]

Living with vitiligo can be emotionally debilitating; strangers staring inquisitively at the white patches adorning our skin is less traumatic to our psyche than the little voice in our head that berates our own self. Whether it is about the vitiligo or about any other aspect of our life, it’s imperative that we find a [...]