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Vitiligo: hereditary or not?
Is vitiligo hereditary or not? You will get an answer to that question in the March issue of Spotlight! magazine, the magazine of the LVVP.
The theme of this song is vitiligo and family. The editors spoke to the Westra family, who sees the white spots appearing in different generations. "We are extra alert to the children," they say.
In the meantime, continuous research is being conducted into the mode of inheritance of vitiligo. Professor Dr. Nanja van Geel, expert in the field of vitiligo, talks about this in the magazine. "The chance that your children will not get vitiligo is still many times greater than the chance that they will get it," she says.
Also in this issue is an article about our volunteer Els Sonnemans, an article about autoimmune diseases in the family, scientific news and a new section: 'Vitiligo across the border'. And of course you will find the columns of Vilan, Christina, Diwana and Lianne, the Spotjes and our youth pages.
This first issue of Spotlight! In 2013, all members of the LVVP were notified around March 20.
Not a member yet? Register quickly and from now on you will also receive the Spotlight every quarter! Membership only costs you 26 euros per year (2016) and brings you into contact with other vitiligo patients. You will also stay informed of all developments regarding research and treatment of vitiligo.
I won't be able to come to the meeting tomorrow. I would like to do something for the association as a volunteer. Now I am retired. Previously, I was an information officer for a water board and for a foundation that provides assistance in the former Eastern Bloc countries. After that I was a board member of this foundation for nine years.
Good luck tomorrow
Betty Sijtsma
A colleague once gave me a bottle of aloe oil from the Antilles and I rubbed my spots with it and exposed them to the sun. The spots seemed to become smaller and the skin browner. They told me that this is also used and effective in the tropics. It just stinks a lot. We just don't have as much sun here as there.