Psoriasis and pigment loss

[Claudio Santos]

I am 25 years old and had Psoriasis on my hands(including fingers),
elbows and other area. Altough I only have Psoriasis on the palms of my
hands now, I have lost the pigment to the areas which had been once
affected. I asked my derm and she states there is no treating the loss
of pigment and it may be permanent. I am concerned with getting P on
other areas and loosing more pigment permanently, especially after
reading there are those of you who had P for over 25 years over their
entire body. Has anyone else lost pigment?

Thanks
C Santos
Manitoba

[Debbie Starkey]

Mine temporarily loses pigment when my plaques are really thick for long
periods of time, however spending time in the sun over a long period of time
usually brings it back out...you might try that.
Claudio Santos <san...@autobahn.mb.ca> wrote in message
news:36F16F71...@autobahn.mb.ca...

[Kim Malo]

On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:19:19 GMT, Claudio Santos
<san...@autobahn.mb.ca> wrote:

>I am 25 years old and had Psoriasis on my hands(including fingers),
>elbows and other area. Altough I only have Psoriasis on the palms of my
>hands now, I have lost the pigment to the areas which had been once
>affected. I asked my derm and she states there is no treating the loss
>of pigment and it may be permanent. I am concerned with getting P on
>other areas and loosing more pigment permanently, especially after
>reading there are those of you who had P for over 25 years over their
>entire body. Has anyone else lost pigment?

Yup, not me actually, but plenty of other people have posted about it.
I go the other way, where healed spots are hyperpigmented, darker than
the surrounding skin, and look somewhat like a bruise. Both side
effects are pretty common.

*Really* surprised to hear yout derm suggesting it might be permanent
though. My own experience (admittedly with the reverse problem) and
anything I've read (including from medical authorities) say that it is
NOT permanent. That it will fade with time -admittedly, sometimes it
can take a lot of time- unless you get a new lesion in the same spot,
starting the same cycle all over again.

Idle thought -how did you get the spots clear? Some things, like
steroid ointments, can cause skin color changes themselves separate
from it's being a per se side effect of the P alone. Maybe that's what
your derm was thinking of, although those shouldn't be permanent
either.

-Kim

[m02j...@cwcom.net]

Hello, my name's Anna, and I was wondering if you know of anything that helps
the bruises left by psoriasis, as like you Kim, I get really dark bruising. I
know it's nothing compared to P itself, but I was just wondering if anyone
knew of anything that helped. I also wanted to say that finding this group
has really helped me. I always felt really alone with my P, and it's really
good to know that I'm not alone.

[ElainaLou]

It's strange...I have lost pigment from my skin on my thighs..a condition which
I think is called vitiligo...but havent suffered psoriasis in any of these
areas.

I do suffer from chronic plaque psoriasis..on my elbows, knees, ankles,
stomach, back, ears, scalp, breasts, mouth and nails.....have lost pigment on
my ankles but the other areas havent been affected.

Id be interested to know why there is a link.

I'm 31 years old and have suffered for about 10 years now. Its so distress and
embarrassing. I seem to have inherited this from my aunt who suffers badly,
and feel quite depressed at the thought of having to suffer like this for the
rest of my life.

However, its reassure to know that there are so many others like me out
there...thanks .

Elaina

x

[Jad...@webtv.net]

Hi, I am also 25 and I break out everywhere. I do get a pigment loss
when a spot heals but mine doesn't seem to be permanent ( knock on wood
)

[Bill &/or Bert]

I thiink most people THINK they have pigment loss when they really
don't. With sun exposure I have spots that began getting better and
the skin around those spots tan. When the spot is much improved, the
area will appear normal but will be white next to the normal tanned
skin because the sheading of skin in the area affected by the "P" is
still excellerated. As the "P" clears and the rapid "replacement" of
skin cells falls to a normal rate, the skin then tans and the "white"
spot fades away.

Bill
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[AMANSFI856]

I never thought of this but-my daugher has had white patches since she was very
young and before she had psoriasis. Remember asking the Dr. about it and he
never seemed concerned.. Oh dear another question--wonder if there IS a link
that ties the 2 together?

[Charles Aptaker]

I had bad bitty psoriasis which I pummeled with Dovonex, I started to
get white patches around where the psoriasis had been. This was rather
worrying and I was told it was vitiligo. 10 days in the sun in
Mauritius tanned all the skin including the white patches; so on my
experience only you may well be OK.

Charles

[Claudio Santos]

I also suffer from Pigment loss on face, back of hands and elbows, but only have P on
elbows and palms. I just came back from a trip to Mazatlan, Mexico and found that
the sun and salt water had no effect on my condition other than making it more
noticeable with the dark tan. While I was down there I went in for a massage and the
massage therapist indicated she knew a few people with the same condition and that it
was definitely linked with stress(I started having skin problems when I became a
manager, a very stressful job). She also states that she knows a doctor that gives a
vaccine to clear the problem in only two - three weeks. Unfortunately it was my last
day there and the doctor was in another city 4 hours away so I was unable to try the
treatment. I am currently trying to get in touch with the doctor to find out more
about the treatment and will let you know when I hear back from them.

Claude

[Lukie]

In article <3712876A...@autobahn.mb.ca>, san...@autobahn.mb.ca says...

i'd be very interested in hearing about your vaccine which 'cures'
vitiligo...i've had the damn disease...whatever...for 5 years now and it's
really a pain in the butt...i'm hoping something like this can cure it, but
i'm
sort of out of hope!!!

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