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V knige izlagayutsya voprosy fitoterapii i fito-reabilitatsii v kompleksnom lechenii bol'nykh vitiligo. Privedeny original'nye avtorskie metodiki, imeyuschie mirovuyu noviznu, dany opisaniya rastenij i sposoby ikh primeneniya v lechenii vitiligo. Dlya dermatologov, fitoterapevtov, studentov starshikh kursov meditsinskikh vysshikh uchebnykh zavedenij. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Skin & Allergy News, published by International Medical News Group on March 1, 2002. The length of the article is 529 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Tar product tackles hypopigmentation quickly. (Direct Effect on Melanocytes).(V-Tar from Dermasave Labs)
Author: Norra MacReady
Publication: Skin & Allergy News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2002
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 33Issue: 3Page: 39(1)

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This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to alopecia areata. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to alopecia areata.

If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Women's Health Letter, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1115 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: How to stop an incurable skin disorder--and even reverse it.
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Women's Health Letter (Newsletter)
Date: November 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 13Issue: 11Page: 3(4)

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This digital document is an article from Dermatology Nursing, published by Jannetti Publications, Inc. on August 1, 2003. The length of the article is 469 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: New effective treatments for non-Caucasians.(Ethnic Skin News)
Author: Diana Gorgos
Publication: Dermatology Nursing (Refereed)
Date: August 1, 2003
Publisher: Jannetti Publications, Inc.
Volume: 15Issue: 4Page: 369(1)

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This digital document is an article from UXL Complete Health Resource, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1538 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.This award-winning resource covers the causes symptoms, diagnoses, tests, treatments and prognoses of 140 health problems; the main systems of the human body, including the circulatory system, the endocrine system, special senses and much more; and a detailed examination of nutrition, and medical and mental health issues. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Dermatology Nursing, published by Jannetti Publications, Inc. on December 1, 1997. The length of the article is 6670 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: Psoralens and sunlight have been used by the Egyptians and Indians for hundreds of years for treating vitiligo. The combination of oral psoralens and artificial ultraviolet A (PUVA) therapy was approved for managing severe psoriasis by the Food and Drug Administration in 1982. Since then, PUVA therapy has been an effective modality for treating many cutaneous conditions (psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, vitiligo, and mycosis fungoides). However, proper knowledge and administration of PUVA therapy are vital to treatment success and reducing side effects.

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Title: Psoralen photochemotherapy. (Continuing Education Series, with test)
Author: Patricia B. McClelland
Publication: Dermatology Nursing (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 1997
Publisher: Jannetti Publications, Inc.
Volume: v9Issue: n6Page: p403(15)

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In his thought-provoking memoir, Turning White, Emmy Award-winning TV broadcaster Lee Thomas shares the physical and mental battle he is waging with vitiligo a skin disorder that is literally turning him white.

At age 25, Thomas had a dream job in a dream city as a feature/entertainmentreporter for the ABC networks flagship TV station in New York. Then he discovered a few white spots on his scalp, the small beginnings of a disease that has spread to half his face -- a fact he covers with makeup when on camera.

As someone in the very public eye, vitiligo has transformed not only Thomas' color, but his life."Even people who have known me for years avoid eye contact when they see my face without makeup for the first time,"he writes.

Recently, Thomas turned the spotlight on himself during a special report for WJBK FOX 2 Detroit, where he is currently an entertainment reporter.

In Turning White, Thomas shares his journey to help people understand vitiligo, and to help others cope with the psychological war that comes from this life-changing disease. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (13)

I have vitiligo
Vitiligo is deadly to emotion. I have vitiligo for the last 20 plus years on my face and hands. People stare at me, its so devastating emotionally. I used to hide from public, but now I use self - tanner and makeup creams.
I have been looking for ways to bleach the rest of natural color off, but cream that works for this MONOBENZONE is not available in US, I found. I am trying to get it from oversea through a pharmacy here. If anyone has information, please post a message here.

Princess Patty
Lee Thomas is very honest with his struggles of living with vitiligo and how he overcame some difficult times and kept moving forward in his career and his life.I have heard him speak and his words are enlightening and encouraging, and, so are his words so brilliantly written in his book. He is delightful!

Couldn't keep reading..
The book started out pretty strong but after about 1/4 of it I couldn't go on. I found myself skipping around a lot--including looking at the pictures. I know the book isn't long but it read like it was going to take me forever to get through it. So..I stopped. I picked it up this am and decided to put it down for good.

Very touching and inspirational
This book was a very enlighting experience. And now I look a people with any disease in a new eye opening light. It was very well written, and Lee Thomas seems like a wonderful man and person.

interesting story, poorly written
i brought four books with me to detroit over the christmas holiday, but picked this book up at a border's when i took my daughter there to get a book for school. its cover grabbed my eye (great cover), and i noticed it was under a "local author" sign. lee thomas, the author, is a detroit area news anchor. this is the story of his wrestle with vitiligo (pronounced vih-til-EYE-go), a skin disease where one's pigment disappears, over time. apparently, 1 - 2% of the population have this (according to the book), but it's hardly noticeable on people with lighter skin tones. of course, for an african american, like thomas, it means he's "turning white."

it's a compelling issue, and seems to set the mind wandering on a multitude of questions and issues, like:
- what does it mean to the identity of a black man to slowly turn white?
- what if that black man makes his living in a context that is constantly focused on his face, and broadcasting that face to millions of people?
- what role does any of our skin color play in our identity? what's the interplay of skin color, enculturation, and other factors?
- would it be better for the author (or another with the same disease) to suddenly and completely change skin color, or to gradually change, in splotches (it's not a gradual overall lightening, but more like growing patches of whiteness)?

unfortunately, the book doesn't address any of these questions. to thomas's credit, he says right from the start, that this is a book about a black man's skin, and not at all about race. but i was frustrated, on almost every page, by his unwillingness to go there. it seemed like an opportunity squandered, to address race from a completely different place. it was either a cop-out, an overly careful political-correctness (career cautiousness), or simplicity that would lead one to omit what could have been something so central to the issue (or, at least, that's what i was thinking as i read).

also, the book is horribly written and edited. really, i haven't seen a book go to print in a long time that is this poorly written and edited (and i've come, given my role, to blame that primarily on the editing, not the author -- some can write and some can't, but an editor's job is to not let the author reveal that he's a crappy writer).

so, yes, the book was deeply dissatisfying on multiple levels. but, somehow, i'm still glad i read it, because it's a real guy's story, dealing with a real life issue, that has all kinds of implications that caused me to think (whether the author was willing to think about those issues or not). ... Read more

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What's The Skinny on Your Skin?

Do You Have an Unexplained Redness on Your Face?
Do You Worry About Melanoma?
Do You Know How to Prevent Impetigo?

Learn How to Spot the Symptoms and Understand Diseases of the Skin!

Dear Reader,

We are writing to you because we want to help you main healthy skin and avoid potential life-threatening diseases of the skin.

The reason we are writing to you especially is because we have learned that you might be one of the millions of people who:

1. Have a serious melanoma somewhere on their body and don’t have a clue how to recognize it.

2. Do not recognize that Psoriasis may be an outward symptom of an unseen bone illness.

3. Have no idea how to deal with a case of Head Lice that your child may bring home from school.

The common denominator that each of the above scenarios share is that they are all diseases of the skin.

Further, you can at least identify the potentiality of a serious illness if you have some basic knowledge of these and other types of skin diseases.

There is a new source where you can get answers to about your skin.Don’t confuse this resource with another “how to beauty book.” Nothing could be further from the truth.

“What's The Skinny on Your Skin” is a resource guide that describes many of the different types of skin diseases that plague the population today.

Here is a list of what you get with your copy of “What's The Skinny on Your Skin:”

• Identifying Rosacea.Certain television and printed advertisements point out Rosacea as a example when they are touting beauty treatments. Get the real deal about Rosacea in a full chapter dedicated to this disease. It isn’t easily cured by beauty treatments. In fact, it can even affect the eyes.

• Impetigo and your children. This skin disease is more common to children and is extremely contagious. It usually results into blisters or sores all over the face, hands, neck and also on the diaper area. Learn how to identify it and how to treat it.

• Alopecia Areata. In this sad condition, the person’s hair gradually thins, and eventually becomes completely lost. Not to be confused with normal male balding, this disease causes hair loss over the entire body.

• Discoid Lupus Erythematosus. A chronic condition that appears as inflamed sores all over the body. A small percentage of people who have this sometimes develop a disease involving the internal organs. This can be a serious illness and one that needs medical attention.

• Epidermolysis Bullosa, Scabies, Cellulitis and Chickenpox. These are just a few more of the skin diseases that you should be aware of. Many more are covered inside “What's The Skinny on Your Skin.”

You may be wondering whether you really need to know this information.Well, if you carry a guarantee from your creator that you or a loved one will never experience any type of skin disorder then you probably don’t.

However, none of us carry that kind of guarantee. Having answers to questions about skin diseases virtually at the click of your mouse goes a long way toward giving you peace of mind.

You can feel secure in the knowledge that you have a resource to turn to for answers you need when you need them. You be able to separate the serious illness from the one that will pass in and out of your life easily! ... Read more

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Psoriasis is a chronic (long-lasting) skin disease of scalingand inflammation that affects 2 to 2.6 percent of the UnitedStates population, or between 5.8 and 7.5 million people.Although the disease occurs in all age groups, it primarilyaffects adults. It appears about equally in males and females. ... Read more