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- 2025-10-06Three weeks into my vitiligo treatment, my knees started feeling weirdly loose. No pain, just… unnerving wobbling. That wasn’t in any of the studies I’d read. Let me back up and explain what led me here — and why this side effect might not be so ...
- 2025-10-03Chandigarh, India – From Stigma to Strength World Vitiligo Day 2026 marks a powerful return to the movement’s roots. On June 25, the global vitiligo community will come together in Chandigarh, India, under the honorary leadership of Prof. Davind...
- 2025-10-02Anyone who’s done phototherapy has likely asked the obvious question: will the color last after I stop? TL;DR: Phototherapy works — but it’s a marathon, not a sprint. It usually takes 9–12 months of steady treatment (2–3 times a week, in a clin...
- 2025-09-30You’ve probably seen wellness blogs cheering a study on chocolate to “lower inflammation” and promote “healthy aging.” Great headline, not much nuance. Almost no one asked: what if you’re older with other conditions, like vitiligo? Quick Take ...
- 2025-09-26Vitiligo has always had a delivery problem. Not the FedEx kind — the skin kind. The outer layer, the stratum corneum, is evolution’s way of keeping the world out. It’s a brick wall built of protein and lipids. Great for blocking germs and toxins, ...
- 2025-09-18This year’s European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress in Paris wasn’t about browsing trade booths or collecting freebies (not that it ever was, in our case). The real work happened behind closed doors — in a series of focused...
- 2025-09-17Vitiligo shows up on the skin, but it doesn’t start there. The story runs deeper, into the gut. The trillions of microbes living in your intestines talk constantly with your immune system. Sometimes they calm it down, sometimes they stir it up. An...
- 2025-09-15For years, vitiligo was treated like a single, monolithic condition. You either had segmental or non-segmental disease, end of story. But real life has never fit neatly into those boxes. A recent study in the Journal of the European Academy of De...
- 2025-09-13AI in drug discovery is starting to look like a teenager in a growth spurt: lots of hype, messy execution, and a tendency to burn through allowance faster than results appear. From $30 million in 2013 to $1.8 billion in 2021, funding for AI-driven...
- 2025-09-06The day after our behind-the-doors lab tour — a full-spectrum dialogue between patient organizations and the folks at Incyte. Vitiligo voices in attendance included Jackie Gardner (VSI), Tonja Johnson (BUVSG), Valarie Molyneaux (VITFriends), Eri...
- 2025-09-04Today offered something rare in the world of patient advocacy: a chance to step inside the walls of pharmaceutical research and see how science and community meet face to face. Leaders from vitiligo support organizations from across the United St...
- 2025-08-29You know that post-lunch slump where your brain feels like it’s wading through oatmeal? Turns out, it’s not just your boss’s boring slides or your bad Netflix habits. A massive new study shows your blood chemistry — the hormones, fats, and even th...
- 2025-08-26Vitiligo is mostly a skin-limited autoimmune condition — it doesn’t directly harm fertility or pregnancy. But here’s the twist: vitiligo often comes with other autoimmune baggage, like thyroid disease, lupus, or type 1 diabetes. Those conditions, ...
- 2025-08-22The race to treat vitiligo is accelerating, with up to $1.8 billion market poised for steady growth. This exclusive analysis provides a strategic overview of the current landscape: the patient base, standard of care, emerging therapies, market dyn...
- 2025-08-21Vitiligo has always been a medical mystery. Genes are involved, sure. The immune system plays a starring role. Stress seems to push things along. But now, researchers suggest there may be another factor hiding in plain sight: your ZIP code. TL...
- 2025-08-20Vitiligo doesn’t just hit your skin — it quietly slides its fingers into your wallet, your calendar, and sometimes, your conversations with strangers. Before you get lost in insurance codes (or your own head), let’s break down what really goes on...
- 2025-08-15Metformin, a cheap and widely used diabetes drug, might help treat vitiligo by calming the immune system and reducing oxidative stress — two things that seem to drive pigment loss. A clinical trial was planned but withdrawn before it started, so...
- 2025-08-11Vitiligo isn’t just about skin. For the millions worldwide who live with it, the condition often brings a complicated mix of visible changes, social challenges, and daily emotional weight. Over the past decade, treatments have improved—from the ol...
- 2025-08-06PRP (platelet-rich plasma) combined with the 308 nm excimer laser is showing real promise for acral vitiligo—the stubborn patches on hands and feet that usually resist treatment. Early trials suggest the combo works better than either alone, wit...
- 2025-08-02Chatbots aren’t just glorified Q&A machines anymore. They’ve started acting like cognitive wingmen — bonding, persuading, even pretending to reason. Which sounds impressive, until you realize they’re also very good at turning into echo chamb...
- 2025-07-28GENUINE (NYC-based casting agency) is seeking girls between 7–10 years old who have vitiligo for an upcoming commercial/video/photo project. If selected, your daughter could receive: 🎬 $750 per filming day 📸 $4,000 if featured in final photos ...
- 2025-07-22If you trace the arc of modern vitiligo therapy, the story keeps circling back to Incyte. Ten years ago the mid‑sized biotech from Wilmington, Delaware spotted an unexpected pigmentation boost in its blood‑cancer drug ruxolitinib and followed the ...
- 2025-07-20At 2 a.m. last Tuesday, a worried parent typed their child’s symptoms into ChatGPT. The bot confidently named a rare genetic disorder. The pediatrician the next morning spotted something entirely different—early vitiligo. One was a medical emerg...
- 2025-07-10Let’s face it: treating vitiligo isn’t exactly a walk in the park. For years, dermatologists have cobbled together treatments using tools designed for other conditions—because vitiligo didn’t have much in the way of official, FDA-approved options....
- 2025-07-09World Vitiligo Day (WVD) turned fifteen on 25 June 2025 under the theme Innovation for Every Skin, Powered by AI. More than forty on-site or virtual events were confirmed worldwide, and newspaper, radio or influencer coverage appeared in a further...
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- Which therapy has minimal side-effects?
Dead Sea climatotherapy is a unique and highly effective treatment option for vitiligo, offering a top-tier safety profile and natural therapeutic benefits. Its combination of p...
- Which skin conditions can be mistaken for vitiligo?
Vitiligo is a common skin condition with characteristic milky white patches of irregular shape. However, several other skin conditions exhibit similar symptoms that can lead to ...
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