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Hi Cindy,

Your knowledge of the subject is far greater than mine. I am sure what you are saying is correct regarding autoimmunity. However about most vitiligo being progressive, I have seen many people for whom the one white spot remained one white spot even after years. For them it didn’t progress at all. Then for them, either it is not vitiligo or it is not progressive type.

The derm has denied the spot being vitiligo in the present case, so it might be true that he just has a white spot and it may not be vitiligo at all.

My progress is going smooth. Actually just now I have posted my progress pics in the depig forum. Thanks for the kind interest.

Cheers

Sanjay

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Hi, sorry for answering late. I am not that regular on this site now as I have given up on repigmentation and have started on my path towards depigmentation.
My vitiligo started on my fingers on the back of the hand at the age of 22. Yes it started as a small patch and but within weeks, more patches appeared and within months started merging with each other. Mine was progresive vitiligo, so it kept progressing slowly and now affects most of my body.

May be in your case it is just one spot and may not progress beyond that. It is quite possible and you should pray that it is not progressive vitiligo. Do you have any autoimmune desease ? If not, chances are that it will not grow. I had undetected hypothyroid at that time and by the time it got detected and taken care of, it was too late for vitiligo to reverse.

hope the info was useful.

sanjay

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Congratulations Jai,

I thougth you got married last year..lol…

don’t forget us…and enjoy…

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Hi,

I have used dermacolor for last 7-8 yrs without any side effects. no allergies or reactions. there are two types. one is liquid lotion which needs no powder and the other is cream with fixing powder. since there are many shades, you need to go buy yourself and check which shade will match your skin tone. the only downside is that it rubs off easily and you need to touch it up after few hours. I need to apply on my neck and it leaves my collar really brown. not tough stains but still, its a downside. I used dye o derm too once but its dificult to match the skin shade wirh skin dyes.

It will be as hot and humid as kuwait or dubai during July in delhi and surroundings. If you have a cover up, avoid going out or sweating with your cover up on.

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Hi Ria,

Remember me? You were among the first few people I used to interact with when I joined this forum in 2001. I am glad you are happy with your decision to depig. I have started my depigmentation therapy recently from Jan 19, 2007 after failing in all my repigmentation efforts. My derm has prescribed me depig after telling me that its futile for me to keep trying for repigmentation. I heard you had some problems with repigging at some places? what did you do for that? and How much time it took you for the full therapy?

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Coming to love marriage, even I believe that love marriages are best, but it is something that you can not wait all your life to happen. If it has to happen, it will happen. I can not wait all my life looking for love.

Also I guess life is difficult in US for desi singles after certain age. Now all my friends have got married one by one and I am left alone. I dont feel comfortable hanging out with them anymore.
At this point I badly need a companion. Whether its love marriage or arranged one.

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Hi Madhukar,

I guess I can relate to this issue regarding finding right partner for an NRI guy. Also looking at your post, I guess you would rather go for an arranged marriage. I have seen many of friends here struggling to find the right partners. It is mainly because they do not feel comfortable dating local girls thinking they are too westernised or they do not want to upset their parents, marrying a local girl, whom they will consider as “firang” even when they have indian roots. Average age when they finally succeed in their repeated attempts and repeated journeys to india is around 30-32 and this is for people without any vit.

Even for people who find their partners locally, getting approval from parents for marriage is a big headache. But then again, you can’t please everyone and have to be little selfish when it comes to such a serious decision of your life. Parents, being your well wishers ultimately give in to your choice and things do fall in place after a while.

Many people do however find success through marriage websites like shadi.com and all where you get a chance to interact directly with the girls bypassing the parents approval before you get to talk to girls. Like most NRIs , I guess you are already doing that…. Yeah you can try not mentioning your vit in your profile and not mentioning in your first chat with the girl.. Get to the level where you are talking with her over phone….then break the news….if she is really interested in you by that time, she may not take it as a major setback…and your positive points may outweigh your negative ones. Remember that, like you, there are many girls in a similar situation as yours, desperate to find a life partner.

Take care

sanjay

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Hi,

I see its your first post, so welcome to the vit club. This place is full of gals and guys who got married, getting married and are actively dating. Jai and Rashmi recently got married, not to each other ofcourse..lol…but they did get married. And as usual they have forgotten their old friends after getting married…jk..we wish them all the best.

I am 36 now but when I got married at 25 I had vit. Mine was an arranged marriage. At that time, it was hardly visible as I had aggressively treated it and no spots were visible to naked eye. Even our honeymoon went without my wife noticing anything. i decided not to tell my wife as I thought I had gotten rid of it for good. Bad idea…

It was only after some time when my vit started to come back, that my wife found out about it. I wouldn’t say I didn’t get the flak, I did, but soon other things got priority and things went back to normal. I didn’t have enough time for aggressively treat it again and I thought I would rather wait for some reliable and sureshot cure to come along. I am still waiting…lol…Although the vit only got worse and we had our ups and down as a couple, but vit was never an issue.

However once you have highly visible vit before marriage, then I really think you are not an ideal candidate on paper for an arranged marriage….because you will not get what you are expecting and would face lot of rejections on the way as you already are facing now. I do not blame the unsuspecting girls or their parents. May be you would have done the same if you were in their position.

I would suggest you to get away from what you call “Marriage Market” and do some dating instead. 31 is not old at all for dating. As you say, you are open to dating girls with vit, thats a very positive step. Look at dating section at this website, never been there but heard its good. You need to try hard, but where there is a will, there is a way. As Suleka said, your confidence is what matters most and since you already have a good career and don’t resemble a shrek, I don’t see much problem you getting a right match. If you don’t feel comfortable your vit showing, use some camouflage, but socialize as much as possible. Don’t just sit there and expect girls to flock around you, they won’t, unless you do some effort.

Moral of the story- love marriage are better than arranged marriages for indian vitties.

take care

sanjay

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