Tiffany spent 17 years covering up her body and wearing thick make-up to avoid cruel comments about the condition, which causes pale patches to develop on the skin due to a lack of melanin. But a chance encounter with another sufferer changed her outlook and now she wears her white bits with pride.
Tiffany, who lives in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Florida, first noticed small white spots on her knees aged seven.
“I showed my parents but we just thought they must be scars or something,” she said. “Over time I got a few on my wrists and then it spread around my whole kneecaps.
“We had no idea what it was. A dermatologist gave me some ointment but it did nothing.
“Then, when I was 11, I was in a grocery store with my mum and a man pulled me aside and said: ‘You have vitiligo.' He had the same thing and recommended putting a brand of dandruff shampoo called Selsun Blue on my skin every night to get rid of it. I didn’t want to go to school smelling strange so I ignored that.
“Now I had a name for it but I still didn’t know much about it. My parents didn’t make a big deal about it. To them I was just Tiffany. It was comforting in a sense but I wish I could have known more about it. When people stared and made nasty comments, I had no comeback because I didn’t understand my condition.Source: UK Mirror
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ReplyDeleteIt's not that bad compared to that one that had birth marks allover her body..you still look sweet, sleek and sexy. #kisses
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To b sincere d skin condition is far better than d tatto bcos... Hmmmmm. Dis is my own tak.
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Eyah so brave of her
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She is hot, I wouldn't care about no vitiligo!
ReplyDeleteSorry girl; uwa ezuoke!
ReplyDelete..and yes, Selsun medicated shampoo smells horrible, but it works really well on scalp. Don't know abt skin tho.
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ReplyDeleteIsn't bad on her she's still beautiful!
ReplyDeleteMy first confirmation that white people also get this disease
ReplyDeleteVitiligo or not, she's still beautiful... that's all I care to see #ThumbsUp#
ReplyDeleteIt is well
ReplyDeleteBeing proud of ur body...nice one
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Poor girl
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People can be so insensitive.
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Chantelle brown young has it too and her's is worse than this but it didn't stop her from being famous and fulfilling her dream of being a model. Don't let it stop you from doing what you want.
ReplyDeleteOk.. Seen
ReplyDeleteembracing her fears, rising above haters and been herself...... wahshesay...
ReplyDeleteSo d tattoo wl clear d scars???? Abi
ReplyDeleteShe is beautiful
ReplyDeleteShe can do cosmetic tatooing to cover the discolouration...
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Knowledge , education and information is everything...vitiligo is a skin condition which happened to affect the legendary late King of Pop hence bleaching his skin to even the body from the rare spots of vitiligo.....But it was mistaken for wanting to be white...Continue to rest in peace Michael Jackson the greatest....
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Vitiligo is not a rare skin condition though
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Cute girl...Michael Jackson had this condition too...
ReplyDeleteSomeone told you what to do and you ignored it. You could not research on ur condition either so you could understand it? You just ran to get a tattoo to have a response to ppl's stares. You are not serious
ReplyDeleteJeez Linda pls can't u just not post some dumb ppl's comment. Advice 2 u monty read 2 understand ok.how r my even sure u read d whole thing
DeleteOh shit, Selsun Blue. Haven't heard that name since the eighties, do they still make it?
ReplyDeleteVitiligo is not that rare. And how is dis relevant??
ReplyDeleteThat's brave and bold
ReplyDeleteGorgeous girl!
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Linda olodo. Vitiligo is clearly spelt on the girls skin but somehow you still spelt it wrong
ReplyDeleteEyeah.I can imagine what she would have gone through
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