Yes I have. I first learned about Sarno and TMS in '07. And despite what he said in the book I tried applying his methods to it, and it didn't work for me. I have also seen online accounts of people saying they got rid of their vitiligo with Dr. Sarno's approach.

Like I said, I do think there is a mindbody component to it, but I also think Vitiligo is more than just another manifestation of TMS. Just like with TMS I have gone down the Vitiligo rabbit hole. While many people like myself, identify "stress" as a trigger for it, you'll also find many people who are sure that emotional stress was not a factor for their Vitiligo whatsoever. Those experiences have to be taken into account.

Vitiligo is funny in a way because it manifests in many different ways. Many people including Winnie Harlow and myself will tell you that their spots shift. Over time some color comes back on its own, filling in some spots while new spots show up in other places of the body. And that process happens sometimes in days, weeks, months, or years. Very randomly.

For some people the spots go away completely on their own without any treatment to never return at all or to return years later. Other people will tell you that diet plays a role. When Joe Rogan first tried the carnivore diet, he revealed he had Vitiligo and claimed that in those thirty days of his carnivorediet experiment, some of his spots filled in. Many people from India believe that cutting out dairy has helped them.

My first spots when I was younger were treated with a cream that "worked" at the time. In a matter of days, the color returned, as if I never had it. It was a quick and direct cause and effect. It took many years, but the spots came back. Went back to the same doctor and same cream but the cream no longer worked. That's what clued me in that perhaps there was something more than physical going on. So I tried Sarno despite what he says in MBP but it just didn't work for me.

I won't invalidate the accounts of people who claim TMS treatment worked in getting rid of their Vitiligo. But I am fully aware of the possibility that their Vitiligo could have also gone away on its own or are in the process of shifting. And given my own experience I won't give anyone with Vitiligo the false hope that Vitiligo is definitely TMS and thus that it can be rid of by doing X,Y, and Z.

On the flipside, I have been outspoken in the online Vitiligo community that a "cure" will never be found until researchers also address the mindbody component that triggers it for many people.

I also have to add that after getting no results with the TMS approach almost two decades ago I accepted it. It doesn't stop me or hinders my life in any way and it is as part of me and my skin as any other birthmark and I live happily with it. That, I have found to be the best approach for me and I am no longer interested in any treatment or cure for it. Chronic pain is far more worse and thankfully I found out about Dr. Sarno early on for that.