Does anyone else have vitaligo?

I have vitaligo. Where you have no pigment in patches I was told it is an autoimmune disease?? I have had it for years and it really hurts when people stare or ask questions about "what it wrong with your skin" Kids are the worst and it is hard to explain to them. Are there any new remedies for this or should I just bleach the rest of my skin and be all white and pale? I have it really bad my left arm is almost all white.....

There are a number of ways to alter the appearance of vitiligo without addressing its underlying cause. In mild cases, vitiligo patches can be hidden with makeup or other cosmetic solutions. If the affected person is pale-skinned, the patches can be made less visible by avoiding sunlight and the sun tanning of unaffected skin. However, exposure to sunlight is preferable in the long run, because it helps the melanocytes regenerate to allow the pigmentation to come back to its original color.

Repigmentation therapies to remove the white patches include corticosteroids, calcineurin inhibitors, ultraviolet light and surgery, but they are not very effective. Current treatments include exposure to Narrow Band UV-B light, which seems to blur the edges of patches, and lightly freckling the affected areas. Immunomodulator creams are believed to cause repigmentation in some cases, but there is no scientific study yet to back this claim. Other more dramatic treatments include chemically treating the patient to remove all pigment from the skin to present a uniform skin tone. This is used by applying Monobenzone.

In late October of 2004, doctors successfully transplanted melanocytes to vitiligo affected areas, effectively repigmenting the region. The procedure involved taking a thin layer of normally pigmented skin from the patient's gluteal region. Melanocytes were then separated out and used to make a cellular suspension. The area to be treated was then ablated with a laser, and the melanocyte graft applied. Three weeks later, the area was exposed to UV light repeatedly for two months. Between 73 and 84 percent of patients experienced nearly complete repigmentation of their skin. The longevity of the repigmentation differed from patient to patient

I have a patch on one arm that never tans, I guess that is what that is. It really isn't noticeable unless I've been in the sun, though. If people stare, use it as an opportunity to educate them about the condition. Maybe they think it's something contagious or something.

Yes there are remedies.
Effective ones.
You can go to the dermatologist and get UV treatments, or even get a prescription so you can do the treatments at home.
This will start restoring your pigment.
We all have it in my family, some worse than others.
My uncle lost the pigment in his eyelashes!
He got it back after using the Light Treatment.

Do You mean "Vitiligo"?
Vitiligo- a condition due to failure of melanin formation in the skin, producing sharply demarcated, milky white patches with hyperpigmented borders. Consult a Dermatologist.
Please see the webpages for more details on Vitiligo.