The other day I happened to glance at the TV while someone was watching a program about medical conditions. One of the conditions profiled was vitiligo, a skin ailment that causes white patches on the skin. As it spreads, vitiligo destroys the cells in the body which give the skin its color. In more advanced stages, this non-fatal but (so far) incurable disease can leave a person with skin that has splotches of white along with one’s original skin tone.
In rare cases, vitiligo can be so complete that none of a person’s original skin color is visible. An example of this is shown in the image above. The young lady was born with dark skin tone, and gradually vitiligo claimed all her dark skin color. You can read more about her here. One of the people interviewed by the program was African-American, but this woman has completely white skin. She said that it has been interesting with white skin, because although she knows she is African-American, people treat her differently. She has experienced what some call ‘white privilege,’ where merchants will pay more attention to her because of her skin color. She also feels like African-American strangers see her as an outsider, as if they are saying “what are you doing here?”
Here is more information about vitiligo:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/vitiligo.html
I wonder how much our skin color and physical appearance affects how we are treated, and how we treat others.
Is our identity tied up in this?
it’s crazyy ! fench-> waw ! c incroyable ce changement, comment ça a pu ce produire comme ça ???!
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today by vitiligo 50 to 65 million population suffering from the vitiligo. as the statistics of antivitiligo.com shows. but the real popularity of the has been seen after the skin surgery of Mickael Jackson.
im blk wit vitiligo on mi face and arms and i was wonderin how did u get rid of it all by the sot or a remedy please email me bck
my name is katie, i have vitiigo n my hips inner leg and on hands, its not oso bad in winter but im summer i hate it if im at the beatch im constantly watching it on my hands because it just spreds , i can walk out i the morning with a little white dot on my leg and i come home with a big patch of white i hate it.. it stops me doing so many things im very self concious..please email me back and tell m the best treatmant there is thanks…
My name is christina Im 17 years old & I have vitiligo. I was diagnosed at 12 & it hasn’t stopped spreading since then. It starts from my shoulder all the way down to my wrist. I also have it on my left hand & some on leg. Im not looking for help..just someone that i can relate to.
shes beautiful disease or not
hi IM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT U ARE A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY EVEN THOUGH U HAVE VITILIGO.E-MAIL ME BACK AT TAMIAHTHOMPKINS@YAHOO.COM
pour répondre à rachel en français, cette petite est atteinte du vitiligo, c’est une maladie qui détruit la pigmentation de la peau et qui la rend de plus en plus pâle au file des années. Si tu veux un cas plus connu tu n’as qu’a regarder Michael Jackson il en est atteint depuis plus de 30 ans !
this is the disease michael jackson my idol had although some of you will not really care..well im just saying…god bless all of you people with the disease..you are a beautiful,,disease or no disease just remember that god bless you all bye xxx
I think it is more easy to treat vitiligo in children. Because it occur due to damage of melanocytes skin cell which produce pigmentation for skin.
and in children due to the rapid growth of different organism and it is more easy to re produce melanocyte cell for re pigmentation of vitiligo color less patches.
my name is felene. i went to las vegas in the summer when i was 11, and came back home with a little white dot on the right side of my mouth. there is also a big circle right under my knee. it has spread a little, but since i have been using protopic, it stopped, but it is still there.
i have been diagnosed with it for 3 years and i now 13 going on 14. most people think it is a birthmark…lol thank you 
dear Felen
what is the name of teh medicine you used to stop the vitiligo
thanks to answer me
Below is the story of another girl (Darcel de Vlugt) who lost her pigment to this disease. She’s also an excelent spokesperson for vitiligo.
http://www.vitiligozone.com/News/black-girl-turned-white-due-to-vitiligo.html
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I am a 28 year old male with vitiligo. I am tired of looking for and undergoing treatment. There is no cure(yet). I have accepted that it is part of who I am and I have embraced it. All I want is to be mono-toned…whether it be light or dark complexion.
Anybody know how I can SPEED UP THE SPREAD OF VITILIGO??? proudly South African
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