Vitiligo

June is vitiligo awareness month and June 25th is Vitiligo awareness day. The day was created to help spread awareness and hopefully increase research of vitiligo.

Vitiligo is a skin condition where the skin looses its pigment in places. It does not hurt and it is not contagious. Less than 1% of the population has this condition and therefore it isn’t very well-known or researched. As such, I wanted to try and help spread some awareness. Some think it is an autoimmune condition.

 

Some people you make recognize with vitiligo include:

  • Michael Jackson
  • Steve Martin
  • Holly Marie Combs
  • Jon Hamm
  • Rasheed Wallace

This June also marks the year anniversary of vitiligo touching our lives. If you have any questions, please ask me. Additionally, here are some links for more information:

https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/color-problems/vitiligo

http://www.avrf.org/

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/vitiligo/symptoms-causes/syc-20355912

Thank you,

Stephanie

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