Quote from Leo on January 12, 2024, 11:03 am

Yes, I burn, but the whitest areas always remain.

Quote from Inger on January 13, 2024, 2:21 am

Quote from Leo on January 12, 2024, 11:03 am

Yes, I burn, but the whitest areas always remain.

@leo maybe you have spots without pigments like I have, from childhood on? These spots never tan, they are always white. I dont think they ever go away because I am probably born with them, I need to ask my mom. But what is funny is, the white spots also get sun callus in a mysterious way because I can be for hours in the sun in summer without them burning, when I have build up my callus from winter/spring on. They do burn faster than my other skin though so I do have to be cautious if I spend all day at the beach. Then I have to cover hem up after a while. But they can endure stunning amounts of sun if one thinks there are zero melanin there.

Quote from Leo on January 13, 2024, 5:23 am

@inger So are melanocyte receptors not related to copper deficiency?

Quote from Inger on January 13, 2024, 8:12 am

@leo I have no idea but I think it maybe differs why you have the white spots. Vitiligo is I think different to white spots since birth.

My moms diet was mostly potatoes when she was pregnant with me... they were very poor. No idea if the potato diet made it. Or if its a vaccine injury. I would rather think its from vaccines in my case. Or cod liver oil. Or fluoride tablets...haha. So many factors and poisons as a kid.

I know vitiligo can improve/go away, but not these pigmentless spots one have had the whole life that always stay the same. So idk really.

Quote from Leo on January 13, 2024, 9:38 am

Thanks, I understand. You mentioned potatoes. I'm going off topic for a moment because I read that the potato family contains calcitonin, a negative form of calcium that causes bone diseases such as osteoarthritis / osteoporosis. Has your mother ever had problems from this point of view? just a curiosity. 🙂👍😊

Quote from PJ on January 13, 2024, 5:47 pm

Quote from Leo on January 12, 2024, 9:18 am

I'm sorry if I've already asked this but I'll try again: is areas of the body resistant to tanning related to copper/melanin deficiency? I know MSH receptors are involved.

@leo

is it tinea versicolor - which is fungal, there is also pityriasis versicolor - which is caused by yeast? Treatment is selenium.

http://www.dermnetnz.org/topics/pityriasis-versicolor

 

Quote from Leo on January 14, 2024, 1:20 am

I can try introducing selenium then 🙂👍 thanks for the information I will read more calmly later...sleepless night @PJ

Quote from Inger on January 14, 2024, 2:11 am

Quote from Leo on January 13, 2024, 9:38 am

Thanks, I understand. You mentioned potatoes. I'm going off topic for a moment because I read that the potato family contains calcitonin, a negative form of calcium that causes bone diseases such as osteoarthritis / osteoporosis. Has your mother ever had problems from this point of view? just a curiosity. 🙂👍😊

@leo, well, it was just a couple years around when I was born when my parents were so poor and had such limited diet. Otherwise my mom has always eaten everything, meat, fish, veggies, nuts, cereals..all of it. She also loves to be in the sun. She never had issues with bone density afaik, at least she have never broken a bone as an adult and she is very healthy at 71 yo. Still working part time.

But interesting to know potatoes has this calcitonin thing! I did not know about that.

Quote from Alex on January 14, 2024, 5:20 pm

Quote from Leo on January 12, 2024, 9:18 am

I'm sorry if I've already asked this but I'll try again: is areas of the body resistant to tanning related to copper/melanin deficiency? I know MSH receptors are involved.

With copper supplementation I start tanning very nicely, when I just take zinc or manganese I don't tan at all and look very pale but also don't burn.