One of the most annoying things about vitiligo is that it is so high-maintenance. Lack of pigment in my hair has turned it patchy white and grey, so I have to have it coloured every three weeks.
Vitiligo is a long-term condition where pale white patches develop on the skin. It's caused by the lack of melanin, which is the skin pigment. The condition can affect the skin on any part of the body ...
vitiligo, (pronounced vit-ih-LIE-go), is a disease that causes patches of skin to lose color. Typically, melanin determines skin and hair color; in vitiligo, the skin cells that produce melanin ...
What challenges have you faced being a person of color with vitiligo? The elephant in the ... if she only seen me from neck up and she didn't see my hair, maybe she did think that.
Vitiligo is believed to be an autoimmune condition where the body attacks its own healthy melanin-producing skin cells by mistake. It may be hereditary or triggered by a particular event like ...