Vitiligo: Robert's story

Robert, 19, was diagnosed with vitiligo (loss of skin colour) when he was eight. He describes how the condition spread, how it first affected his confidence, and his treatment

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• NHS
• health
• vitiligo
• skin
• skin colour

[egorlike]

vitiligo screwed me up in a way. made me shy and crap. it was pretty bad for me like whole face in patches. and if u go into sun for a bit white patches become red. now vitiligo spread pretty much most of my body and its pretty kool. cause i am all 1 color now. i am pretty happy

[anomalous6]

OMG that baby is SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MisterYoann718]

@ImBriMarie I have Vitiligo since I was seven. You probably don't know about it, but going to the dead sea in Israel can heal Vitiligo. I just know it because I am jewish.

You can get more informations on internet, and many doctors know about it (they just don't like to speak about it... Yeah, it sounds weird, but it is a reality.)

[UnHollyMary666]

@egorlike your very lucky :) :s people are really mean to me because of I have Viitiligo 

[TheCrazyGuy91]

I have them everywhere.. the worst one are around my eyes which i hate because during the summer i look like a raccoon.. But i live in Scandinavia where we don't get a lot of sun so that's a plus.

[DNAtheist685]

I didn't really care about my vitiligo because I'm already white. but now I'm losing my hair color. ugh

[TheStanke]

I got vitiligo too...and i mean it's bad,but Im thankfull that it doesnt affect my health.And hopefully my vitiligo is going away. Slow,but still. I don't know how.But you must know there is hope.Just try :)

[striker15]

@ImBriMarie try dermablend its cheap and works really well

[AshenDress]

I've seen people around my old high school with this disorder but at the time I didn't know it was a skin disorder. I've never thought of them as strange, I always figured it was what's called a 'coffee stain' birth mark that was larger than normal. I've never judged these people when I've seen them either. I actually think this skin disorder is beautiful.

[ImBriMarie]

I have vitiligo and I hate it a lot. Going to the beach sucks, people look at me like i'm an alien. I am thankful that I have a disease that doesn't effect my health, but it is still something hard to grow up with when you're a 16 year old girl. I've tried many creams and steroids, but I heard about a light treatment. I've wanted to try it but it seems like it would cost a lot of money. Sometimes I accept the fact i'll live with this forever, but then other times it's overwhelming.

[backwardssallad]

@Tobby9623 I have vitiligo, too. it's awesome!

not really. but hey, what are you going to do about it?

[SeDaaaa93]

@MissNewYorkLover

It really depends on the person....mine never did but i no people who never used any creams and it went away