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I noticed a small white freckle right on my temple, didn’t think anything of it until a couple weeks later I noticed it had gotten bigger. I kept an eye on it and about two weeks later is was about the size of a nickle. It really freaked me out so I looked up skin diseases and found Vitiligo, also known as Leucoderma, a skin disorder where the the cells responsible for skin pigmentation, die or can’t reproduce. That freaked me out even more cause it can spread, like it had been already. I told my mom and she suggested that I see a dermatologist. The dermatologist said it was probably sun related and gave me a stronger sunscreen to use. After a few weeks the spot was gone. It has yet to come back, but in that spot along my hair line I have a small patch of gray hairs growing. All though premature graying is distressing I dismissed it. About a month later I noticed a spot right above my jaw line similar to the one that was on my temple. It’s about the size of a pea and It hasn’t gotten any bigger. Is this pigmentation really sun related or could it be Vitiligo/ Leucoderma?

It does sound like it could be vitiligo. I have had vitiligo all my life and the white spots sometimes disappear completely without even being treated. It’s very strange. The grey hairs thing is something that happened to me on my chest, the area that had vitiligo on it had white hair…

I think you should read the answer I just posted on another vitiligo related question, might help:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Al4LV1lH8PeyIPDreGSi3R_ty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20110823100518AARJWk0

Usually auto-immune disorders like vitiligo have a lot to do with your thyroid, and taking those ALA omega-3 capsules I mentioned in that answer is what actually balanced my thyroid levels and stopped the whiteness from spreading/new spots from appearing.

Hope everything works out.

My elder sister is looking a bride for me. We went to see a bride, she looks good and I like her. She has average complexion on her face and arms, but when I looked down, her feet are much fairer than her arms and face. I wonder how her rest of body (legs, breasts and waist) looks, because she was wearing traditional dress, cover most of her body.

What do you think, is she fair or dark? (other parts of her body)
& is it normal to have different skin tones or she might have some pigmentation disorders?
She works at supermarket 9 hours a day (I don’t mind it, as I work 12 hours a day lol). I don’t know whether she wears shoes at work or not! She was sitting next to my sister and I observed her feet were fairer than my sister, but face is darker than her (my sister). Plus her feet look young and healthy. I’m just worried if she has some skin problem.

I would say she is fair. As you mentioned she works at super store, I suppose she must be wearing shoes at work because I’ve seen couple of stores where people at work (both boy and girls) were wearing shoes because it’s company dress code. Plus I’m observing now many girls in India wear shoes outside even in summer to keep their feet clean

My younger sister got married last year, she wore shoes all the time in college and she still wear shoes everyday at work but she travels a lot this makes her face darker than her feet :p so when she got married, she was wearing dark red kolhapuri chappal made her feet look even more white. Her mother in law noticed (because she never saw her bare feet before) and she asked me what’s the matter. I explained and made her satisfied.

I would say the girl you purposed has fair complexion. Btw why don’t you meet her at work so you can see either she wears shoes or sandals at work?

My eating disorder has ruined my life. I became anorexic at 13, now at fifteen, I feel Iike there’s no point in continuing my life as it’s already spoiled for good. I will have severely stunted my growth and brain developement, which means I will never be as clever/creative as I could have been, and I don’t know why, but after my recovery my skin seemed to go into this wierd accelorrated aging thing and I’m now wrinkled, saggy, and covered in pigmentation. What is the point in continuing , really?

Hi Claudia,
OK, what I’m going to say sounds unbelievable, even to me at times, but bear with me. I’ve been dealing with ED’s on and off for over 14 years. My highest weight was about 50 pounds heavier than when I was full-on anorexic. What I want to say is hang in there. My eating issues began when I was 11, and yes, it messed up my metabolism for several years. I’ve always looked older than my age because of it. BUT, the body, when treated properly, can restore itself in most cases. Even my friend, who was dying for over 5 years, went on to have 4 children, be a normal weight and looks great even now in her early 50’s. She was diagnosed as infertile, and a hopeless case. They said because of her major loss of bone mass she would never be able to participate in athletic activities without serious injury. And she is a walking, living testimony of the healing that can take place within a body.

OK, so I currently am not as healthy as I need to be. Sometimes I feel this exact way: "my metabolism is messed up for good, so why bother to change", "I’ve wasted so much of my life", and "I’ve caused permanent damage to my body" are all things that I say and believe quite often, even though I know it’s in my power to undo so many of the damaging things I’ve done. I’ve had periods of recovery(normally 1-2 years) where for the first 6-9 months I balloon and get really big. Then slowly, my metabolism goes back to normal and I lose the majority of it. Before the relapse I’m currently in, I was eating 4000-5000 calories a day and STILL weighed 10-15 pounds below my highest weight! I know my body can get to that point again, but it’s hard to believe. The body may not heal itself overnight, sometimes it takes years.

Another thing I was always worried about was my skin and wrinkles too. I think I have more wrinkles than the average 25-year-old, but I have seen girls who are younger than me, who are totally healthy, with worse skin than me! And I snagged myself a pretty good-lookin’ husband, inspite of my flaws!

Mentally, I function a million times better and am very productive when I am eating normally. Don’t believe the lies that your brain development ceased when you became anorexic! You can learn so many things, it doesn’t end with an ED!

All of these "woes" are minimal compared to your mental health. I think it may benefit you to believe positively about yourself. Listen and take in other peoples’ recovery accounts. Believe these things for yourself! Don’t listen to the hopelessness that may be spoken over you by friends, professionals, parents, etc. Know that you CAN have a GREAT life, complete with a healthy mind, body and spirit. I know these things are possible for me also, but I have an advantage over you, I have experienced my body being healed, so I know this is true. Besides, what really exudes life, confidence, beauty, ability and intelligence, is not your physical body, but the spirit in which you project those qualities!

I’m not negating the seriousness of an ED. I’m just trying to restore some hope and bring light to a disorder that is normally deemed hopeless.

The biggest recovery tool for me has been my relationship with Christ. I know I was created for a purpose, and that destiny has not yet been fulfilled in my life. The same goes for you. You are far more valuable that brain cells, saggy skin and hopelessness. You were created for so much more life! We were both created to be living testimonies of changed lives and bodies!

God bless you, precious, valued and beautiful Claudia!

My eating disorder has ruined my life. I became anorexic at 13, now at fifteen, I feel Iike there’s no point in continuing my life as it’s already spoiled for good. I will have severely stunted my growth and brain developement, which means I will never be as clever/creative as I could have been, and I don’t know why, but after my recovery my skin seemed to go into this wierd accelorrated aging thing and I’m now wrinkled, saggy, and covered in pigmentation. What is the point in continuing , really?

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I have stretch marks on my stomach, sides/hips, and some on my breast from losing 100 pounds; luckily I toned everything up so I’m only left with stretch marks. I also have a skin pigmentation disorder that I’ve had since I was 5, it isn’t contagious, nothing no side effects, just get these dime sized or smaller spots on my skin that are a few shades darker with a slight orange tint, they show up randomly and last awhile, usually never in the same spots.

I want to tell him before so when we start having sex and I get naked he doesn’t realize these ugly things by surprise, I’d rather give him a heads up.

We’ve been together 11 months and it hasn’t came up, I don’t know how to tell him.
I don’t want to freak him out, and I know I look young in my avatar but I’m 19.

Listen, these are not marks you should be ashamed of. They’re not anything you need to tell him before you have sex.

Trust me, he’s not going to care if your skin has some spotting or stretching. He probably isn’t going to be looking at that, even if it is heavy.

I was always very self conscious about my own abundance of stretch marks and was always embarrassed when I was intimate with someone until I met my current boyfriend. The first time he saw me completely naked, he didn’t even notice and when he did..he said it was cool…he said it was like I had tiger stripes or something.

Ever since then, I don’t think of them as ugly stretch marks, but cool tiger stripes.

Good luck and be proud of your body! Congrats on the weight loss!

BTW: I also suggest not telling him because if he does freak out or get grossed out by something like that…he’s not someone you want to be with anyway! They’re stretch marks for goodness sakes, it’s not like you’re disfigured!!

I want adult serious answers please, none from young boys who think all woman look like big busty models. I have skin issues, I do have stretch marks because I use to be really overweight, I have stretch marks on my stomach, back, and sides.

I also have a skin pigmentation disorder, which causes me to get small spots smaller than a dime, some larger on numerous places on my body, they are usually a few shades darker than my regular skin. Yes they can be temporally treated but I’ll have them for the rest of my life and they come back.

I was wondering would you still date a girl that had the perfect personality, and just beautiful even if she had some minor skin problems?
I don’t have Acne…

use cream for stretch marks. they’ll be gone soon enough. and i guy should love you for your personality anyway. don’t stress about it.
and i’ m not a guy just hoping to give good advice(:

Hi,
I am a 15 year old girl and I have mild-severe acne. I have been on Roaccutane for 3-4 months now and have seen very little improvement. I started with a 20mg dose which I was very happy with because for a while my cheeks were completely clear. It got rid of any acne I had on my chest or back. Then my dermatologist increased my dosage to 40mg and my cheeks erupted with large amounts of pimples! I now have pigmentation and scar tissue. My forhead which was pretty bad while I was on the 20mg is nearly clear but it is my cheeks that are driving me insane! I am also having really bad side effects like svere joint pain, bone weakness, really high cholesterole levels, frequent nose bleeds, really bad pain in my eardrums, very sensitive to loud noises, dry eyes and really really dry lips and skin. My bone weakness has caused me to fracture my Growth Plate in my foot. (Well I blame the Roaccutane)
I am feeling really down and depressed. I am so sensitive and just start crying all the time. I am being really negative and when I am really really angry or upset feel suicidal. I would never act upon those feelings but I am not sure if it is the Roaccutane or not. My parents are saying I have become an absolute moody cow. I used to jog alot when I was feeling down to express my emotions, but because of my damn foot I can’t. I also have an attention disorder and jogging used to help me release energy, and now I can’t control myself! I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to stop it. If it helps I haven’t started my periods yet and I weigh about 48kg. I wash my face morning and night, moisurise regularly, I do everything it says!!!
It would help if you could tell me your Roaccutane experience and what I should do???

Roaccutane can help many people with severe acne but it can also cause a number of side effects. So you’ve done the right thing in asking how long it takes for this medicine to work, whether your symptoms are being caused by this medicine and what you should do about them.

Isotretinoin is the active ingredient in Roaccutane, which is the chemical in the medicine that makes it work and the one that can cause side effects. How quickly isotretinoin starts to work actually differs from one person to another, and depends on the dose they take. This is why your doctor has to adjust the dose according to your response, that is, how well your acne improves and whether you’re getting any side effects.

For most people it takes about 4 months of treatment with isotretinoin before their acne is nearly or completely gone. But it’s also common for Acne to flare up while taking isotretinoin; this usually occurs 2–4 weeks after starting treatment but can improve after 1–2 months of continued use. In any case, you should talk to your doctor if you feel that this medicine is not helping you, or if the acne that flared up on your cheeks (after your dose increased) was severe.

The symptoms you’re experiencing are similar to the side effects that isotretinoin can cause. These include changes in skin colour, tenderness or stiffness in bones, joints and muscles (especially if you do heavy exercise), high cholesterol levels, nosebleeds, and dry eyes, lips and skin. These side effects are common, but often mild and reversible, and you may only experience them for a short time after starting the medicine. You’re also more likely to get these side effects as the dose increases, so it may be that having your dose increased from 20 mg to 40 mg is causing you more problems.

Sometimes the side effects with isotretinoin are serious. This medicine can make people feel depressed and have suicidal thoughts. Because you’re feeling this way, you must tell your doctor immediately. You should also talk to your doctor as soon as you can if you have ear problems (such as changes in your hearing). Discussing your acne and other symptoms with your doctor should help you, for example, they might reduce your dose, which often makes side effects disappear in a few days to weeks.

You can find out more about side effects with Roaccutane and other important information in the Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) leaflet for this medicine. If you don’t have a copy of the CMI, a doctor or pharmacist can get one for you, or you can download it for free from www.nps.org.au/search_by_medicine_name

I just see everyone else and think they are soo prettier than me, and even if there not its like well they’ve got nice healthy hair and skin, big tits, no hair on there arms or anything

I feel so insecure, like my friends can just get with any one cos they are comfortable but i dont know why i can’t i just feel ugly & minging. Like my hair is black. So i have darker body hair which you can see more off. its disgusting. & it makes me feel i have to try a zallion times harder than everyone else….. it doesnt even last long…..and i still dont feel better.

I dont know what to do. Its totally preventing me from anything. Like i really do like this boy but i feel im not good enough for him (he likes me, he asked me out – i went out with him for 2 days then dumped him) he wants to get back together – and so do i! but i feel digusting. I dont want him to think ‘ewwwwwww’ ’she has hairy arms’ and its bad cos they are black hairs and long. anyway i also dont have the best skin! i get spots and it just looks bad and unhealthy!

i used to have BDD when i had an eating disorder but im supposdly better now.

Can I do anything to feel better and what!!!!!!?

Also i cant even wear tank tops, cos my shoulders are broad. i look like a man. and i have pigmentation on my body. and my skin looks a werid horrible yellow colour not a nice brown tan

i cant even look at my own hands cos the kncles are darker than the rest and it looks retarded

If your not happy with something, fix it.
There’s too little time for you to being moping around because some girl has bigger boobs then you.
Plus, not all guys look at those.

But really, its either learn to love it or fix it.
There’s not much else.

My eating disorder has ruined my life. I became anorexic at 13, now at fifteen, I feel Iike there’s no point in continuing my life as it’s already spoiled for good. I will have severely stunted my growth and brain developement, which means I will never be as clever/creative as I could have been, and I don’t know why, but after my recovery my skin seemed to go into this wierd accelorrated aging thing and I’m now wrinkled, saggy, and covered in pigmentation. What is the point in continuing , really?

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