Changed lifestyle, said goodbye to the spots on her face after 20 years.

Göksel Duygulu (50), who lives in Izmir, got rid of vitiligo (leukoderma) disease that he could not find a solution for for about 20 years with the personalized treatment applied to him at IEU Medical Point Hospital Functional Medicine Center. Expressing his happiness, Duygulu stated, ‘I changed my lifestyle and realized that vitiligo was disappearing over time. I regained the self-confidence I lost 20 years ago.’
Göksel Duygulu noticed white spots on his face when he woke up one morning in 2004. Duygulu, who went to the hospital, was diagnosed with ‘vitiligo’, known as leukoderma in colloquial language. Despite applying the treatments given to him for about 20 years, Duygulu could not get rid of the spots on his face. Upon the recommendation of a friend, Duygulu visited IEU Medical Point Hospital Functional Medicine Center last year and got rid of vitiligo by changing his lifestyle. Emphasizing that the treatments he applied before encountering functional medicine did not provide any benefit, Duygulu said, ‘Everything happened overnight in 2004. White spots appeared on my cheeks, above my eyebrows, and on my chin. I panicked and immediately went to the hospital. Vitiligo was diagnosed, and I started the treatment. Various medications and treatments were tried, but no solution was found. The solutions were always temporary. It would seem to improve for a few weeks, but the spots would reappear when exposed to the sun. They told me that there was no treatment for this disease. It was very difficult to cope with psychologically.’
‘I regained my self-confidence’
Duygulu, who stated that he got rid of the white spots on his face with a personalized lifestyle for about a year and a half, said, ‘Kerem Bey at the Functional Medicine Center told me, ‘I believe you will heal.’ This sentence alone was an incredible hope for me. It changed my lifestyle. Over time, I noticed that vitiligo was improving. I owe this to Kerem Bey and Sıla Hanım. After starting to recover, I regained the self-confidence I lost 20 years ago.’
‘Dazzling transformation’
Dr. Kerem Korkut, a physician at IEU Medical Point Hospital Functional Medicine Unit, describing Göksel Duygulu’s treatment process, emphasized that the transformation that emerged was dazzling, saying, ‘First, we identified Göksel Bey’s food sensitivities. Based on this, a personalized nutrition plan was made. With a comprehensive check-up planning, we reviewed organ functions, immune reactions, immune responses to organs and tissues that had developed. We determined which system of his body was under excessive strain with many hormone values. To create a support prescription, we measured intra-cellular vitamin and mineral values, toxic metal levels such as arsenic, mercury, and cadmium. Based on the data, we organized trainings for him to integrate his lifestyle in written and verbal form. The transformation that emerged in our regular checks was dazzling.’
Emphasizing that vitiligo and psoriasis can be treated with a personalized approach, Korkut said, ‘Lifestyle changes can provide significant improvements in vitiligo and rheumatic diseases. Factors that stimulate immunity, food allergy, food intolerance, or food sensitivity are found at the base of these diseases. Toxic metals enter our bodies through foods such as vegetables, meat, and milk. Excessive use of antibiotics weakened the intestinal flora and increased non-infectious bacterial growth. This can trigger diseases. Healthy eating makes it difficult to trigger diseases.’