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- Oct 3, 2014
Isn't vitiligo really rare?
it's certainly uncommon. also every single tumblr artist that slaps vitiligo on a character for "oppression points" seems to forget that
- 1. it's a shitty condition to have (all these characters with vitiligo wearing shorts and short sleeves and exposing themselves to the sun without a drop of suntan lotion to be seen? they're fucked.) and it often comes with a lot of problems - it is most likely an autoimmune condition after all.
- white people get it too (and it's still pretty noticeable from a distance unless the person is like me and ridiculously pale anyway)
- it mirrors itself on both sides of the body a lot of the time because reasons, though not always. the mirroring is much more common/obvious in larger patches.
- if you have a pale patch under any hair, the hair is almost always also affected and goes white.