Does anyone else have vitiligo!?!
Question: Does anyone else have vitiligo!!?
I have it in really big patches in some crazy places but I'm starting to get it next to my eye and I am freaking out does anyone have medicine that helps them!?
Also I have noticed when I get a spot on one side of my body I usually get it on the opposite side as well!.!.!. ex I have it on my left ankle and i am starting to get it on my right ankle!! Am I the only one!!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Also I have noticed when I get a spot on one side of my body I usually get it on the opposite side as well!.!.!. ex I have it on my left ankle and i am starting to get it on my right ankle!! Am I the only one!!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Don't worry, you are not alone!. lots of us have it and it is not fatal, it is not contagious it is just the fact that you are losing your melanin!.
that means as you age you will get whiter and whiter and you will have to use higher levels of spf sunscreens!.
i started getting it when I was about 22 and it was a couple of spots on my hands!. I am 63 now and all I have left is a little on both arms and a little on my legs!. Everything else is white, I mean white!. My legs are so white that i win beer bets in the bars for the whitest legs in winter!.
Now I don't know your ethnic makeup but I was born white so it doesn't show up on me as noticeably as it does on an African-American!.
I met one one day and I saw he had my disease and I offered to shake his hand!. Here was the poor guy who was coal black except for his hands which were white, and he jumped away until I explained that I had the same problem and he told me everyone was afraid of him!.
I made a new friend that day!.
It is just something to get used to!.
Michael Jackson, the singer/dancer is the most famous person in the world to have vitaligo!.
Next after him are you and me!. cheer up!. there are a lot worse things in the world than a little skin color!.
There are many makeups and creams to wear if you choose!. I chose to forgo them and it doesn't bother me!.
You may email me if you have more questionsWww@Answer-Health@Com
that means as you age you will get whiter and whiter and you will have to use higher levels of spf sunscreens!.
i started getting it when I was about 22 and it was a couple of spots on my hands!. I am 63 now and all I have left is a little on both arms and a little on my legs!. Everything else is white, I mean white!. My legs are so white that i win beer bets in the bars for the whitest legs in winter!.
Now I don't know your ethnic makeup but I was born white so it doesn't show up on me as noticeably as it does on an African-American!.
I met one one day and I saw he had my disease and I offered to shake his hand!. Here was the poor guy who was coal black except for his hands which were white, and he jumped away until I explained that I had the same problem and he told me everyone was afraid of him!.
I made a new friend that day!.
It is just something to get used to!.
Michael Jackson, the singer/dancer is the most famous person in the world to have vitaligo!.
Next after him are you and me!. cheer up!. there are a lot worse things in the world than a little skin color!.
There are many makeups and creams to wear if you choose!. I chose to forgo them and it doesn't bother me!.
You may email me if you have more questionsWww@Answer-Health@Com
I heard that is what happens, you get it on both sides of your body!. I sell cover up for it and i work in dermatology!. Don't worry too much about it, i know its hard but you are who you are and dont' be too self conscious about it!. Believe me, everyone has something they dont' like about themselves!.Www@Answer-Health@Com