But wasn’t worth the pain and the fear of permanent scarring. The only positive result was a minimal amount of re-pigmentation in the crooks of my arms, which has remained. The blistering was so severe that I was back and forth to the doctors for creams and bandages for several weeks.
And I spent the next 2 weeks looking like a serious burns victim. It wasn’t until some hours later that I found I had burned horribly as a result. (Thankfully not my face.) And sat out for around 20 minutes on a cool cloud-covered spring day. I used it on all the patches on my arms, legs and neck. I had to apply this topically before moderate exposure to sunlight. It was a Chinese herbal preparation (with no available list of ingredients). The third remedy I tried, in my mid 40s, was a mystery potion… And a disaster.
Vitiligo success story Patch#
However, I didn’t experience any further improvement and the patch on my neck gradually lost its colour again. I also had the impression that it helped protect me against sunburn.
Vitiligo success story skin#
It seemed to me that the contrast between some of the other patches and the surrounding skin also became less noticeable. I did experience a very limited amount of repigmentation on my neck, using this, which was encouraging. Having heard somewhere that this had produced some improvement for another Vitiligo Society member, I decided to try it. This one was a herbal treatment, Olive Leaf Extract, in the form of a supplement. I suppose it just goes to show that what works for one person will not necessarily work for another. Unfortunately, it was a complete failure in my case, in spite of being the vitiligo treatment of choice at the time. It was the only treatment I was offered by my doctor: a type of phototherapy and drug combination treatment called PUVA. And, although I have learned to be cautious when it comes to raising my hopes of a total “cure”, it has proved – over a decade on – to be a lasting vitiligo success. (Mostly, I just covered it up and learned to live with it.) Two were unsuccessful… One was dangerous… But the last was a total surprise. I only ever tried 4 treatments for my vitiligo in my life. But I shall tell it as briefly as I can on this page.
It felt like a very long and frustrating journey at the time.
Vitiligo success story trial#
A case of trial and error, in fact, involving a couple of therapies that did not work, one near disaster and, finally, my success story. I've read about light therapy bring an option but wondered about success rates to make it worthwhile.My vitiligo success was a case of fourth time lucky.
I've had steroid cream from GP but it didn't really seem to make any difference. It looks so noticeable and I can't help but think people will be really put off by it. I'm newly single after a very long relationship, no where near ready to be thinking about dating but as I don't have the greatest self esteem to start with, this is really getting me down. I wear high factor sunscreen but now the sun has been out a little and I tend to tan very easily the patches look very noticeable. Initially it appeared on my underarms and groin area, I now have it across my hands and arms, my entire chest area, down my shins and tops of my feet and on my forehead. I developed Vitiligo while pregnant with DS. Hi, not sure if this is the appropriate place to post, apologies if not.
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