This is the first post on my blog.  My reason for doing this is i suffer a skin condition called vitiligo and want to tell people about my experiences regarding UVB treatment for said condition.
Vitiligo as described in wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitiligo) is  "a chronic skin disease that causes loss of pigment, resulting in irregular pale patches of skin."
I will also talk about other things that are going on in my life because i am self indulgent but i hope other people with vitiligo will be able to take some comfort from my experiences.  It will also give people a good idea of how it fells to undergo the UVB treatment.
Who i am is not that important but where i am does have a bearing on the treatment.  I was born in the UK and lived there from childhood till adulthood.  I now live in Seoul in South Korea.  I was diagnosed with vitiligo in the UK, when i was 15, and was told there is no cure or treatment for it.  I moved to Korea in order to experience living abroad.  I lived in a small city for a year and then moved to Seoul.  I had given up hope of ever curing my vitiligo and instead made sure i wore sun block whenever it was sunny.  Sure, sometimes i would feel bad about having vitiligo and feel ugly/like a freak/unlovable, but i always took heart that no matter how you look you can still have a positive impact in life.  After all, there is so much beauty in life.
Anyway i was told by a friend there was a good dermatologist in Seoul who dealt with vitiligo.  I waited a month for an appointment and attended with a good Korean friend of mine.  I can't speak Korea so without my friend this wouldn't have been possible.  The doctor recommended me for the UVB light treatment.  So from then on i have been put in a UVB chamber and been zapped with UVB light, for no more than two minutes, twice a week.

My plan is to tell you about any side effects and my experiences.