Is this hereditary? How am I the only to get it? I have two children and neither of them have this. No one in my family has this. The only thing I can rely on is knowing that hyperthyroidism runs through all of the females in my mother's side. They are also all white. I'm the first colored child throughout all of my mother's family line. My skin is ( Read more... )

Hi! I've had vitiligo since i was born (i'm 18 now) and it's full-body. when i was younger i was almost 80% non-pigmented but now i'd say im about 50%. Has anyone else experienced extreme re-pigmentation from the sun? I work outside all summer and have for five years but this past summer especially i noticed that i was getting my pigment back. ( Read more... )

Hey everyone :)

My name is Anouchka, I got vitiligo when I was 2 I just turned 18 yesterday :) To be honest I have been fighting with my self to stop judging my skin for awhile. I love my skin and I accept it, because it's different but other people don't understand it :/.  I live in the East so in the winter its completely non noticable. But in the ( Read more... )

Waw, many stories out there ( Read more... )

My name is Chris, and I am 16 years old and i have had vitiligo for my whole life. My parents noticed it when I was about 1 around my ankles. They took me to the doctor, but he did nothing and wanted me to get older before i could use any sorts of medicines or creams on it ( Read more... )

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I was diagnosed 2 years ago (when I was 27 years old).. it started with a few patches on my hands and face, and is now.. well, everywhere. It progresses almost daily. Yesterday, I woke up to find that it has finally spread to my lips. Joy ( Read more... )

Vitiligo generally called white spots illness as well or Leucoderma, in which the skin loses its pigment due to the annihilation of melanocytes. Melanocytes are such pigment cells which found in the epidermis (the surface layer of the skin) and there are responsible for producing Melanin (a dark pigment that gives skin its color) and protects ( Read more... )

I've had vitiligo since I was about 8 years old.

In third grade, a girl who i absolutely hated started teasing me in the girls restroom about some "freak white spot" on my neck. I didn't believe her.
I went home and asked my mom, you know, just in case, and she confirmed it. There was some random "freak white spot" on my neck.

From there I started ( Read more... )

Hi evry1, I’ve jus joined and was reading thru all the stories - let me add my bit :).

I'm South African.  I am naturally of medium complexion as I am Indian. So my vitiligo it is clearly visible.
I found my first spot at around 22yrs - I think my mom mentioned a small dot on my back.  
It then really became evident with a small then expanding dot on ( Read more... )