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- I found a new white spot or patchWhat it can look like, what else it could be, and questions for an appointment.
- I want to understand vitiligoWhy the color goes, whether it spreads, and where to start.
- I am here for psoriasisThe current treatment and appointment guides, and the light-treatment pages it shares with vitiligo.
- I want to compare treatment optionsThe evidence, limits, burden and approval status, side by side.
- I am looking into narrowband UVBWhat it is, what a course involves, and the questions to bring with you.
- I am deciding between home and clinicTravel, oversight, privacy, space and cost, compared without a preferred answer.
- I need help with cost or insuranceHow coverage works, prior authorization, and what to do after a denial.
- This is affecting more than my skinStaring, dating, school, covering up, and where to get support.
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Start here
The two condition hubs, and the page that helps you pick one.
- Home home
- Vitiligo white patches, loss of skin color
- Psoriasis plaques, scaly patches
- Is this patch vitiligo? white spot, is this vitiligo, pale patch, tinea versicolor
- Is this psoriasis? is this psoriasis, scaly patch, red patch, plaque psoriasis
Understanding vitiligo
What it is, why the color goes, whether it spreads, and how much of you it covers.
- What Vitiligo is autoimmune, melanocytes, cause
- Types of vitiligo types of vitiligo, segmental vitiligo, non-segmental vitiligo, acrofacial vitiligo, universal vitiligo, mixed vitiligo, segmental, non-segmental, acrofacial, universal, mucosal, focal, mixed, trichrome, confetti
- More than one visit first vitiligo appointment, more than one visit, look-alike skin conditions, thyroid blood test, is my vitiligo stable
- How repigmentation works color coming back, repigment
- White hairs in a patch white hair, grey hair, leukotrichia, poliosis, eyelashes, eyebrows, white hair in a patch
- Will it spread? will vitiligo spread, vitiligo spreading, active vitiligo, unstable vitiligo, vitiligo stability, koebner, isomorphic response, new patches after an injury, tattoo
- The genital area genital vitiligo, genitals, groin, private parts, intimate areas, vulva, penis, is it an STD, lichen sclerosus
- How extensive is yours? how much, body surface, VASI
- What to expect what happens next, outlook
- Vitiligo and associated health vitiligo autoimmune disease, vitiligo thyroid, vitiligo hereditary, vitiligo hair, mucosal vitiligo, thyroid, other conditions
- Heredity and your children is vitiligo hereditary, will my child get vitiligo, vitiligo genetics, vitiligo family history, vitiligo genetic test, hereditary, genetics, family history, is it in the genes, genetic test
- Pregnancy and family planning pregnant, breastfeeding, inherited, will my child get it
- Living with Vitiligo day to day
- What makes you burn faster photosensitivity, medicines and sun, St John’s wort, lime burn, margarita burn, phytophotodermatitis, psoralen
- Sunscreen, clothing and hats sunscreen, SPF, UPF, sun protective clothing, rash guard, hats, sunburn prevention, tanning, suntan
- The UV index and where you are UV index, latitude, altitude, equator, different countries, travel and sun, snow and sand, cloudy days
- Traveling with vitiligo traveling with vitiligo, packing medication, airport security, TSA, carry-on liquids, prescription on a plane
- Sport and swimming with vitiligo swimming with vitiligo, sport and vitiligo, chlorine, water resistant sunscreen, sweat and sunscreen, exercise and vitiligo
- Sleep and stress stress and vitiligo, sleep and vitiligo, does stress cause vitiligo, insomnia and vitiligo, anxiety and skin, sleep hygiene
- Black lights and neon rooms black light, neon, Wood lamp, fluorescence, nightclubs, glow, bowling alleys
Choosing a treatment
The options side by side, what has been tested together, and reviewing a plan.
- Vitiligo treatment landscape vitiligo treatment options compared, which vitiligo treatment works best, how long does vitiligo treatment take, vitiligo treatment for hands and feet, vitiligo treatment classes, treatment landscape, all options at once, how long does it take, which body areas respond
- What tends to be used, by body area face, hands, feet, eyelids, scalp, genital, body area matrix
- Treatment options options, what can I do
- Compare treatment options side by side, side effects, where it is approved, FDA approved
- Weighing the evidence is this treatment approved, how good is the evidence, what study details matter, what does not established mean, study details, what is missing, not established
- What has been tested together combination, together, cream plus light
- Other paths, including no treatment no treatment, do nothing, stop treatment
- When a plan needs review is it working, change
- Side effects and when to call vitiligo treatment side effects, when to call about a vitiligo reaction, Opzelura side effects, Protopic burning vitiligo, oral JAK infection signs, side effects, when to call, reaction to treatment, infection signs, skin thinning
Creams and ointments
Everything you put on the skin, and what the record says about each one.
- Topical treatments topical treatments, cream, ointment, Opzelura, Protopic, Elidel
- Steroid creams steroid, clobetasol, mometasone, cortisone
- Protopic (tacrolimus) Protopic, tacrolimus ointment
- Elidel (pimecrolimus) Elidel, pimecrolimus cream
- Opzelura (ruxolitinib) cream Opzelura, ruxolitinib cream, JAK inhibitor
- Calcipotriene Dovonex, vitamin D cream
Pills and whole-body medicines
Medicines taken by mouth, including the ones still being studied.
- Pills and whole-body treatments pills, oral treatment, systemic treatment, whole-body medicine, oral JAK inhibitor
- Rinvoq (upadacitinib) Rinvoq, upadacitinib, oral JAK inhibitor, systemic vitiligo treatment
- Litfulo (ritlecitinib) Litfulo, ritlecitinib, investigational oral JAK medicine, TRANQUILLO vitiligo trial
- Povorcitinib povorcitinib, investigational JAK1 medicine, STOP-V1, STOP-V2
Light treatment
Narrowband UVB, excimer and PUVA, what a course involves, and where it works best.
- When NB-UVB is considered light treatment, narrowband UVB, NB-UVB, switch from topical, excimer, PUVA, light box, lamp
- Phototherapy by body area face, hands, feet, which areas respond
- About narrowband UVB NB-UVB, narrowband UVB, phototherapy, light treatment
- How long a course takes
- Getting a prescription
- Reading your prescribed dose
- When progress stalls not working, plateau
- Breaks and coming back missed sessions, restarting
- NB-UVB for children kids, child
- NB-UVB for eczema eczema, atopic dermatitis
- Sun, vacations, and real life holiday, sunburn, travel
Light treatment safety
Eyes, skin reactions, other people in the house, and when to call someone.
- NB-UVB safety sunbathing, sunbed, deodorant, photoageing
- Eye protection and eyelids goggles, eyes
- Reactions and when to call burn, blister, redness
- Managing home-use risk
- Home and household safety children, pets, flatmates
Home or clinic
Which setting fits your life, and how people actually get a home unit.
- Home or clinic home phototherapy, clinic phototherapy
- The path to home light therapy
- Home vs. clinic
- Get prescribed
- Getting home phototherapy how do I get one
- Track it keep a record, log sessions
Choosing and running a device
Which unit, what it costs, and keeping it working once it is yours.
- Compare home devices panel, handheld, wand, full body
- Find your device fit
- Panelite Home Unit
- Mobile-Lite model 600
- What a setup costs
- Maintenance and troubleshooting bulbs, lamps, replacement, not turning on
- Your home-device routine
- Authorization and refill codes
- Delivery and setup
- Renting a home unit rent phototherapy unit, NB-UVB rental, rent to own, rent, lease
- Resale, disposal, and broken lamps selling it on, broken bulb, disposal
Cost, insurance and appeals
What it costs, what insurers do, and what to send when they say no.
- How coverage works
- Prior authorization prior auth, PA
- Medicare and DME Medicare, durable medical equipment
- Insurance and equipment codes CPT, HCPCS, billing code
- Medical-necessity documentation letter of medical necessity
- Find your plan's policy
- Coverage by insurer
- If coverage is denied denied, denial, appeal, cosmetic
- Cash costs out of pocket, paying myself
- Opzelura coverage and copay Opzelura coverage, ruxolitinib copay, step therapy, prior authorization, copay card, IncyteCARES, patient assistance program
- When a vitiligo treatment is denied vitiligo denied as cosmetic, insurance says vitiligo is cosmetic, vitiligo appeal letter, vitiligo coverage denial, vitiligo step therapy, cosmetic exclusion, vitiligo denied, vitiligo denial, quantity limit, experimental phototherapy, external review
- If you cannot afford Opzelura cannot afford Opzelura, Opzelura too expensive, Opzelura copay card, Opzelura patient assistance, Opzelura quantity limit, Opzelura cost, Opzelura price, copay too high, not on formulary, patient assistance
- Coverage by plan Aetna coverage, UnitedHealthcare coverage, Blue Cross Blue Shield coverage, BCBS coverage, Cigna coverage, Kaiser Permanente coverage, Medicaid phototherapy
- Coverage outside the US NHS, UK coverage, Canada coverage, Australia Medicare, PBS, Ayushman Bharat, PM-JAY, India coverage
Procedures and removing the remaining color
Surgical options, and the choice to even out the other way.
- RECELL RECELL, vitiligo cell harvesting, vitiligo procedure, stable vitiligo surgery, surgery, grafting, melanocyte
- Depigmentation going all the way, even out
- Monobenzone and depigmentation monobenzone, Benoquin, permanent depigmentation, final depigmentation
Supplements, diet and complementary approaches
Vitamins, herbs, ayurveda and homeopathy, each graded on what the record shows.
- Diet and complementary approaches Ayurveda, Ayurvedic, homeopathy, homeopathic, diet, supplements, vitamin D, B12, ginkgo, Polypodium, turmeric, zinc
- Diet vitiligo diet, foods to avoid with vitiligo, gluten-free vitiligo, vitiligo nutrition, vitiligo food
- Skin care vitiligo skin care, vitiligo sunscreen routine, vitiligo moisturizer, vitiligo washing, vitiligo self-tanner
- Alcohol and smoking vitiligo and smoking, vitiligo and alcohol, vitiligo and drinking, quit smoking vitiligo, smoking vitiligo spread
- Pseudocatalase creams PC-KUS, Dead Sea
- Whole-person care stress, sleep, lifestyle
Claims, myths and miracle cures
How to check a claim before you spend anything on it.
- Myths and misinformation myth, is it contagious
- Evaluating cure claims cure, scam, before and after
Other people, and the part that is not your skin
Staring, dating, school, covering up, and the load of always thinking about it.
- Life and mind
- Camouflage and cosmetic cover makeup, cover up, concealer, self-tanner, Dermablend
- Confidence and going uncovered
- Dating and disclosure dating, telling
- When people get it wrong staring, rude
- Bullying and school school, teacher
- Work and career work, job, career, interview, employer, coworker
- Marriage, relationships, and divorce marriage, spouse, husband, wife, divorce, long-term relationship
- Late onset and older age late onset, older age, senior, elderly, started later in life
- The teenage years teenager, teen, adolescent, high school, puberty
- Anxiety, depression, and when to get help anxiety, depression, mental health, therapy, counseling, crisis
- Parenting a child with vitiligo child, kid, caregiver, parent, parenting, toddler
- Triggers and new patches trigger, triggers, new patch, new patches, spreading, friction
- Skin tone, identity, and you skin tone, culture, family, identity
- Making peace and treating
Appointments and finding care
Finding someone who knows the condition, and what to bring when you get there.
- Find a dermatologist dermatologist, specialist
- Prepare for an appointment
- Questions for a Vitiligo appointment
- Questions for a Psoriasis appointment
- My next conversations my list, print questions
Following what changes
Keeping a record you can compare, and what returning color settles.
- Measuring change photos, tracking, progress
- Tracking change and photos vitiligo progress photos, photographing vitiligo, vitiligo photo diary, comparing vitiligo photos, vitiligo tracking log
- After repigmentation will it last, relapse
Research, trials and what is coming
What is being studied, how to join a trial, and how I read evidence.
- Join a clinical trial trial, study, enroll
- Current research
- What's coming pipeline, new treatments
- AI and drug discovery
- Research and evidence
- How evidence is reviewed
- Evidence glossary what does this word mean
- Who was studied
Psoriasis
What the site covers so far on psoriasis, alongside the shared light-treatment pages.
- What Psoriasis is
- Types of psoriasis
- Your first appointment
- What to expect after treatment starts
- Psoriasis treatment landscape
- Will it clear or flare? will psoriasis go away, will psoriasis get worse, psoriasis remission, psoriasis flare up, does psoriasis clear on its own, will it get worse, psoriasis flare, remission, does psoriasis ever clear
- Skin folds and the genital area genital psoriasis, inverse psoriasis, psoriasis in skin folds, psoriasis in the groin, psoriasis under the breasts, skin folds, groin, armpits, under the breasts, private parts, intimate areas
- How severe is yours? psoriasis severity, psoriasis body surface area, PASI score, DLQI psoriasis, moderate to severe psoriasis, how severe is my psoriasis, body surface area, PASI, DLQI, severity score, mild moderate or severe
- Leaving with a plan first psoriasis appointment, what to bring to the dermatologist, leaving with a plan, referral to a rheumatologist, psoriatic arthritis referral
- Measuring change is my psoriasis treatment working, psoriasis progress photos, PASI 75, psoriasis treatment timeline, psoriasis marks left behind, is it working, measuring change, progress photos, tracking progress, how long until it works
- Phototherapy by body area psoriasis light treatment by body area, narrowband UVB for scalp psoriasis, phototherapy for nail psoriasis, light treatment for palms and soles, phototherapy and skin folds, scalp, nails, palms and soles, skin folds, face, which areas respond
- Evaluating cure claims psoriasis cure, does a diet cure psoriasis, psoriasis supplements, tanning bed for psoriasis, natural psoriasis cream, miracle cure, psoriasis cure claims, tanning bed, natural cream
- Sleep and stress psoriasis and sleep, does stress cause psoriasis flares, psoriasis stress, cannot sleep psoriasis itch, psoriasis and tiredness, sleep, stress, cannot sleep, stress and flares, tiredness, sleep hygiene
- Travel and sun psoriasis and sun, does sun help psoriasis, travelling with psoriasis, psoriasis holiday, flying with psoriasis medication, travel, sun, holiday, flying, packing medication, sun sensitivity
- Sport and swimming with psoriasis swimming with psoriasis, exercise and psoriasis, does sweat make psoriasis worse, chlorine and psoriasis, is psoriasis contagious in a pool, sport, exercise, swimming, chlorine, sweat, gym, changing rooms
- Pregnancy and family planning psoriasis and pregnancy, methotrexate and pregnancy, acitretin pregnancy, psoriasis breastfeeding, is psoriasis hereditary, pregnant, pregnancy, breastfeeding, trying for a baby, hereditary
- Psoriasis and associated health psoriasis and heart disease, psoriasis comorbidities, psoriasis and diabetes, psoriasis and inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis and uveitis, other conditions, comorbidities, heart, blood pressure, diabetes, gut, eyes
- Heredity and your children is psoriasis hereditary, will my child get psoriasis, psoriasis genetics, psoriasis family history, psoriasis genetic test, genetics, family history, is it in the genes, genetic test
- Psoriasis myths and misinformation is psoriasis contagious, psoriasis myths, is psoriasis a fungus, do steroid creams thin skin, do children grow out of psoriasis, myth, is it contagious, is it a fungus, do steroids thin skin
- Find a dermatologist psoriasis dermatologist near me, find a psoriasis specialist, psoriasis referral criteria, does my dermatologist do phototherapy, psoriasis second opinion, dermatologist, specialist, referral, second opinion
- Reading the research psoriasis research, psoriasis clinical trial results, what does pasi 90 mean in a study, how to read a psoriasis study, psoriasis trial placebo, research, trial, study, new treatments
- Join a clinical trial psoriasis clinical trials, join a psoriasis study, psoriasis trials near me, psoriasis trial eligibility, psoriasis trial washout period, clinical trial, join a study, enroll, placebo
- What's coming next new psoriasis treatments, psoriasis treatment pipeline, new psoriasis pill, psoriasis biosimilar, is this psoriasis drug approved yet, pipeline, biosimilar, is it approved yet
- AI and drug discovery AI, artificial intelligence, ai drug discovery
- Treatment options treatment options, what can I do, psoriasis treatments
- Topical steroids for psoriasis
- Vitamin D analogues for psoriasis
- Tazarotene for psoriasis
- Calcineurin inhibitors for psoriasis
- Roflumilast (Zoryve) for psoriasis
- Tapinarof (VTAMA) for psoriasis
- Narrowband UVB (NB-UVB) phototherapy for psoriasis
- Methotrexate for psoriasis
- Cyclosporine for psoriasis
- Acitretin for psoriasis
- Apremilast (Otezla) for psoriasis
- Deucravacitinib (Sotyktu) for psoriasis
- Oral and systemic treatments, compared
- Topical treatments, compared
- Biologics for psoriasis, grouped by class
- Compare treatment options
- Weighing the evidence is this treatment approved, how good is the evidence, what does not established mean, what is missing, not established
- What has been tested together combination, together, cream plus light
- Diet and complementary approaches psoriasis diet, psoriasis supplements, fish oil psoriasis, turmeric psoriasis, natural treatment for psoriasis, diet, supplements, fish oil, turmeric, aloe, natural treatment
- Whole-person care psoriasis lifestyle changes, psoriasis weight loss, exercise and psoriasis, stress and psoriasis, psoriasis sleep and diet, lifestyle, weight, exercise, sleep, stress, whole-person care
- Reviewing your plan psoriasis treatment not working, switch psoriasis treatment, change psoriasis biologic, stop psoriasis treatment, psoriasis treatment review, treatment not working, switch treatment, change biologic, treatment review
- Side effects and when to call psoriasis treatment side effects, when to call about a psoriasis reaction, biologic infection signs, methotrexate side effects psoriasis, steroid rebound flare, side effects, when to call, reaction to treatment, infection signs, skin thinning
- Life and mind mental health, coping, flares, itching, stress
- Itching and sleep itching at night, insomnia, sleep loss
- Psoriatic arthritis warning signs psoriatic arthritis, joint pain, sausage digit, nail pitting
- Work disclosure at work, workplace accommodation, employment
- Flares and triggers flare triggers, what causes a flare, stress trigger, alcohol and psoriasis
- Relationships dating with psoriasis, marriage, divorce, intimacy, telling a partner
- Anxiety, depression, and when to get help anxiety, depression, mental health, therapy, counseling, crisis
- Dating and disclosure dating, telling a date, disclosure, is psoriasis contagious, first date
- Parenting a child with psoriasis child with psoriasis, kids, pediatric psoriasis, school, steroid cream for children
- The teenage years teenager, teen, adolescent, high school, PE and swimming
- Bullying and school bullying, teasing, school, teacher, is it catching
- Confidence and going uncovered confidence, covering up, going uncovered, shorts, swimming pool
- Camouflage and cosmetic cover makeup, cover up, concealer, foundation, Dermablend
- Late onset and older age late onset, older age, senior, elderly, started later in life
- When people get it wrong is it contagious, is it catching, myths, what people say, just dry skin
- Biologic prior auth and step therapy step therapy, prior authorization, copay accumulator, copay card, biologic coverage
- When a psoriasis treatment is denied denied, denial, not severe enough, body surface area, high-impact sites, failed topical therapy, severity criteria
- Living with psoriasis day to day, daily life with psoriasis, living with psoriasis
- Skin care bathing, showering, moisturizing, itch relief, skin injury
- Nails nail psoriasis, nail pits, nail pitting, crumbling nails, nail care
- Scalp scalp psoriasis, scalp scale, hair loss, medicated shampoo
- Diet psoriasis diet, gluten-free psoriasis, anti-inflammatory diet, psoriasis nutrition, psoriasis supplements
- Alcohol and smoking psoriasis and smoking, psoriasis and alcohol, psoriasis and drinking, quit smoking psoriasis, nicotine patch psoriasis
- Tracking flares and photos psoriasis symptom tracker, psoriasis flare journal, tracking psoriasis photos, psoriasis progress photos, psoriasis symptom diary
- Clothing and fabrics what to wear with psoriasis, best fabrics for psoriasis, clothes rubbing psoriasis, psoriasis flakes on clothes, laundry detergent psoriasis, clothing, fabrics, what to wear, rubbing and friction, flakes on clothes, laundry detergent
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What it records, what it will not tell you to do, and what it costs.
About
Who writes it, how it is funded, how mistakes get fixed, and the legal pages.