Having vitiligo is fine.. right?
I have vitiligo. I have had it since when I was 12 (I'm 21 now). My parents (my father, specifically) didn't like it. So we tried so many different things. I'm brown sooo it's very evident.
I hated it. I've got it on my left leg. Just restricted up to my hip. And look, I was depressed at that time. I hated looking at my leg. I gave up competitive swimming, I hated wearing anything that could show even a bit of my legs. People would come up to me and recommend me things or look at my leg and sigh.
I grew up, no one my age had told me anything bad abt it.. except for a girl who was like "no one's gonna marry you".
I've gotten over it, mostly. I actually quite like it now tbh.
But my father told me sumn tday and it's been on my mind quite a bit. And I got onto this subreddit cuz I like seeing other people's vitiligo.
But damn I got on here after such a long time and almost everyone's only asking abt treatments.
Now I know that it's not about me but it kinda makes me.. sad? Disappointed? Like is having vitiligo really that bad?
I do not mean to belittle people's experiences.. ig I just wanted to b told its ok to have vitiligo ig. Cuz that is how I feel. And I hope everyone can see how it's alright to have vitiligo. It's ok to accept it to b a part of ur body