Children, research and hope for the future Representation is very important when it comes to raising awareness for conditions such as Vitiligo, it is very essential to society and those living with Vitiligo. It is powerful to those living with Vitiligo because it gives them sense of belonging, it shows that society has come to […] The post Hope for the future a World Vitiligo Day Special by Nobuntu ‘Qhawekazi’ Morake appeared first on ..read more

Beyond Vitiligo | The Twitter Thread So this past week #finepeoplefromSouthAfrica was trending on Twitter and as vitiligo change agents we decided to jump onto the hashtag. @Gaonetlhong requested our favorite Twitter doctor @sindivanzyl to do a  twitter thread of which she obliged and asked her friend @DrOlufunmilayo For those who didn’t get a chance […] The post Beyond Vitiligo | The Twitter Thread appeared first on ..read more

I started noticing my daughter’s patches in 2015, but I never paid much attention to it as I thought it was just an allergic reaction. I can recall that Amina had the patches from age 1 which later disappeared, which is why I did not take it seriously as I was informed by someone that […] The post Memoirs of a mother raising a child with Vitiligo appeared first on ..read more

At the age of 3, when we went to fetch her from visiting grandparents after school holidays we noticed the spots on both of her eyes. Her dad thought I was overacting because she has Eczema he thought it was another breakout of eczema but it kept growing and became lighter and lighter. We decided […] The post Thatohatsi is very bubbly and she’s the princess of the house as narrated by her Mother Lele appeared first on ..read more

Although its precise cause is unknown, vitiligo causes pale regions in the skin in which cells that produce pigment are mysteriously destroyed. One in 100 of us have it but for sufferers like Gaone Tlhong, it’s society’s skin-deep reactions that make vitiligo the fight of a lifetime. Tlhong has borne the characteristic white patches since […] The post Gaone Tlhong M&G 200 young South Africans 2012 appeared first on ..read more

The spot on his left eye developed when he was 2 years 6 months, His Paediatrician thought nothing of it as he was admitted in hospital at the time and was unwell,when the spot continued to be lighter than his complexion the Paediatrician prescribed fungal ointment.Even though there’s no family history of vitiligo in my […] The post Olerato knows the super hero spots on his face are called vitiligo as narrated by his mother, Thembi. appeared first on ..read more

I have been living with segmental vitiligo for almost my entire life. As a toddler, I started losing pigmentation in my right leg which later progressed to other areas. I remember being taken to various places in search of solution to no avail. My teenage years were tough. During puberty, one experiences significant hormonal changes […] The post The path to unconditional self-acceptance story by Molebatsi Ramalapa appeared first on ..read more

I have been living with vitiligo since I was 13 years old, my name is Natalie Malinda. It took me years to accept this condition, it made more resentful because I was facing lot of rejection from people. At times the name calling is too much for one to handle but I am taking baby […] The post Rejection doesn’t take away my unique beauty appeared first on ..read more

My vitiligo it’s segmental, it’s only on my right leg. I got my first patch on my knee when I was 8, I went to dermatologists, general practitioner in Lenasia and traditional healers. During my last grade in school  it got to a point where I was going for a phototherapy sessions in Lenasia  and […] The post Vitiligo takes nothing from me by Nandi Mabece appeared first on ..read more

I started having vitiligo at the age of 16 years and it has not been an easy journey.  I had to learn to love myself and to be able to protect myself from the strange stares and horrible comments from people. I always wanted to be a model but I could not become one because beauty […] The post Vitiligo taught me self-love by Siza Dlodlo appeared first on ..read more