Books and Vitiligo Support Resources

Turning White: A Memoir of Change --New title!--
by Lee Thomas

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 – a feature/entertainment reporter for the ABC network’s flagship TV station in New York. Then he discovered a few white spots on his scalp, the small beginning of a disease that has spread to half his face – a fact he covers with makeup when on camera.

As someone in the 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.

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.

Skin Deep: A Mind/Body Approach to Healthy Skin
by Ted A. Grossbart, Ph.D. and Carl Sherman, Ph.D.

Dermatology has made remarkable strides in recent decades, with the advent of high-tech aids such as lasers and cryosurgery and new wonder drugs such as steroids and vitamin A derivatives; thus, many skin sufferers have been cured by their physicians.

Yet many have not. If you have brought your persistent eczema, your stubborn warts, your psoriasis or other distressing skin ailment, to specialists and superspecialists, and if all the creams, lotions, and medications have failed to help, you must wonder if there is something else - and ardently hope there is. This is exactly what Drs. Grossbart and Sherman address in "Skin Deep."

Recognize stress in your life, learn to reduce and control it, understand how it can exacerbate vitiligo and other skin conditions.

Dr. Grossbart's work is applauded by Vitiligo Support International and he was keynote speaker at the Vitiligo Support Mini Regional Conference in Chicago, April 1, 2006.

Beautiful Again
by Jan Willis

In this ground-breaking book, the author demonstrates not only camouflage techniques for hiding scars, birth marks, vitiligo, varicose veins and other dermatologic problems, but she has also developed practical solutions to problems faced by those who have experienced image changes caused by medication, illness, treatment or birth defects. Excellent chapter on camouflage make-up techniques.

Table of Contents
Our Reflective Image - Does it Matter?
Steroids - How to Handle Image Side Effects?
Cancer - Maintaining a Positive Appearance
People Who Use Wheelchairs
Camouflage Makeup
Accommodating Weight Changes
Color - Feeling Sick but Looking Well
Skin Care - an Uncomplicated Routine
Makeup - the Healthy Look
Accessories - That Extra Touch
Cosmetic Surgery - One More Option