New with vitiligo any kind of advice? (skin, dermatologists, doctor)

[The 1 Outlaw]

I live where is very sunny I have to be on the sun also. Didn’t notice anything until spring and I got a tan I had white vitiligo under my eyes. Now I’m afraid to be in the sun one make it worse or get darker. I’m white but you can see it when I tan. All I read is no cure no hope use coconut oil which I am and steroid cream.

My favorite thing is the beach and the sun and I don’t want have always put on my face lots of sun screen. Any kind of sound advice would be great

[SouthernBelleInUtah]

Makeup to match your skin tone.

[soletaire]

You can try that xtrac laser therapy or whatever...some people have luck with that...but yeah...no cure..doctors are useless at curing just about anything, so u just gotta live with it.

[SouthernBelleInUtah]

Remember Michael Jackson. He had tons of money and still had it.

[villageidiot1]

Originally Posted by The 1 Outlaw

I live where is very sunny I have to be on the sun also. Didn’t notice anything until spring and I got a tan I had white vitiligo under my eyes. Now I’m afraid to be in the sun one make it worse or get darker. I’m white but you can see it when I tan. All I read is no cure no hope use coconut oil which I am and steroid cream.

My favorite thing is the beach and the sun and I don’t want have always put on my face lots of sun screen. Any kind of sound advice would be great

It is possible to get some pigmentation back with narrow-band UVB light treatments. This site has a great deal of information including a list of dermatologists who deal with vitiligo. See https://www.vitiligosupport.org/

Some people have also had luck with several topical skin creams such as topical steroids, Protopic, and Dovonex.