I'm light..thats it
looking good feeling good its all good
it was hell 3 months ago
i was spotted with ugly paches al around my body dark white yeallow all mix up
but i steped up my game and started using mono 3 times a day
thats the only way it works
it hard to use it 3 times a day cuz it burns and you get really dry and peel every day
but it was worth it
now I'm light and I'm about to use it only 1 a day just for maintenance
just to slow everthing..and take it easy.. i'm starting to live again
yes i was like dead for 6 month...this treatment is hell
i secluded myself from the world for 6 months cuz i looked awful
but now i'm fine..it was worth it
but I'd noe recommend it to anyone
you need to be very strong person to do that
otherwise...lets say stay way!

okay i see alot of posts about mono.net
don't buy from them i do have experience with them
all i can say is that its not pure! and i know for sure they getting their MONO from China
LIGHTERRR a user in this forum is basically Mono.net
i'm not even goona argue with someone about it..trust my word..

stay away from the indians too

good luck

lilgreg1

I've gotten spots from minor use of monobenzone as well. I don't consider that vitiligo, as those patches still contain traces of melanin, in much lighter brown shades. (skin lightening effect.)

If you still have pictures however, feel free to pm me. I'd be interested in seeing what you've 'experienced'.

Golden_Girl

I agree with Lilgreg.
Mepk5 and Barry101, I further researched and there is no scientific evidence that states that people get vitiligo from using monobenzone. It is not about debate, it is about fact and misconception. People who are dignosed with vitiligo, it may also affect the nervous system as well as the immune system. It does not only cause white patches. Using monobenzone can cause white spotting symptom as in vitiligo patients, but vitiligo patients' diagnoses goes beyond just the skin issue. Unless you are also suffering from neurological and hepatic disorders, cerebral vascular spasms, as well as medical issues with the mucous membranes then that is most likely actual vitiligo and should be diagnosed.

"Vitiligo is an autoimmune condition. The nervous system and the immune system work in close interaction. The brain regulates the activity of the immune system. Because of this autoimmune disorders are affected by emotional factors and stress."
http://www.dermabest.com/links.aspx?id=38

"Vitiligo also affects the mucous membranes: retina, oral and nasal cavities, genital and rectal areas."

"Stress is a factor that may cause the existing patches to extend or may cause changes in their distribution upon the body."

"Vitiligo is caused by the action of certain factors in a specific context. This context is created by the simultaneous occurrence of hepatic and neuroendocrine disorders that cause wrong metabolic interpretations and changes of the hormonal secretions."

"Because of the hepatic and neuroendocrine disorders, any emotional shock causes a cerebral vascular spasm. The cerebral area affected by the spasm innervates a specific area on the skin. This skin area will be affected by the diminishing of nerve endings vascularization and sensitivity. The local metabolism is greatly slowed down, which will generate a poor oxygenation as well as retaining of toxins in the affected surface.

At cellular level, the melanin receptors will be filled with its metabolic products and not with pigment as it normally happens. At this point, the vicious circle of the disease is triggered: the brain no longer receives the order to produce the necessary pigment, as the melanin receptors are already filled with metabolic products."
http://www.pirasan.ro/en/latest_news...totherapy.html

With the research that I have read, none were mentioned that the use of mono can give you vitiligo, but it can give you the symptom of whitened areas and spots just as in the skin as in vitiligo patients.

This is a misconception. Again, unless you are also suffering from neurological and hepatic disorders, cerebral vascular spasms, as well as medical issues with the mucous membranes then that is most likely actual vitiligo and should be diagnosed.

Golden_Girl

Blue, I am unsure. Do you have the link for the company?

Golden_Girl

Supershallow how long were you using mono until you saw the improvement that you wanted? Are you now maintaining or continuing to lighten further?

Golden_Boy

Gosh, sounds like any kind of mono is trouble, trouble, trouble!

According to Dr. Grimes, a specialist in Vitiligo, treatment with monobenzone even as high as 40% and even in patients with extensive vitiligo, an illusion of success lasts for up to 1-2 years, thereafter which repigmentation is growingly extensive, and grows super-resistant even to chemical peels combined with 40% mono (!!!),....which pretty much means they FAIL and have to go thru that entire process in REVERSE in the long run.

^What a horrible process to put oneself through for a huge portion of their lifetime!

"It seems that monobenzone knocks out melanocytes in the epidermis, but does not affect the follicular reservoir. Consequently, while these patients depigment beautifully, one to two years later, they may repigment as the follicular melanocytes become activated. Retreatment with 20 percent monobenzone is ineffective, and the pigmentation has also proven refractory to depigmentation with 40 percent monobenzone combined with chemical peels. Ultimately, treatment involves repigmentation using PUVA or narrowband UVB," Dr. Grimes says.

Theres so many horror stories... here's yet another troubled, tested soul:

http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/skin-li...up-188828.html

MAHARANI

I swear that's what happened to someone on the yahoo brighterskin forum. After a long period of mono usage and getting to what he/she considered to be close to their goal, they started repigmenting and they just stopped all lightening as nothing seemed to work including the mono. Shortly after that they disappeared from the board and we never heard from them again.

Golden_Boy

OMG speaking of yahoo brighterskin I was searching there for mono entries a whiles back and someone said some girl SN "Teenypatches" or Tennypatches committed suicide after failed. (Dont get how they'd know, though)

Yikes! RIP Teenypatches!

MAHARANI

OMG,

I remember that name. That is so sad !! It just goes to show how desperate people can get over this whole lightening business !!

haiji

now,if you use monobenzone on none vitiligo skin,it will cause chemical leucoderma/vitiligo.i've some vitiligo spot's on me natural..i think monobenzone is a good whitening agent,but you have to take it slow.

shazamataz

And that is the EXACT reason I have posted things on this forum in the past and got abused...
Now do you guys see where I am coming from...

And stop calling it Mono, Mono is an illness
Mononucleosis - Mono - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment on WebMD