What challenges have you faced being a person of color with vitiligo? The elephant in the ... How could she not know I was Black? But then I went back and I thought about it.

Ever noticed those white patches on someone’s skin and wondered what that is? That’s vitiligo, a skin condition that’s more common than you might think. It happens when the skin loses its ...

How do you feel about your skin? For many women, the answer is complicated. In our new series, Skin Stories, we ask women to share their journey of how they came to accept, embrace and gain total ...

I tried to stay positive, but I often felt like a prisoner in my own skin. It wasn’t until the first time that I saw someone else with vitiligo in person that my perception changed. This ...

Vitiligo is believed to be an autoimmune condition where the body attacks its own healthy melanin-producing skin cells by mistake. It may be hereditary or triggered by a particular event like ...

Vitiligo is an autoimmune condition in which cells known as melanocytes are killed off in certain areas of the skin. Melanocytes produce melanin, a substance which gives the skin its pigmentation.

If approved, Opzelura would provide an alternative to steroid drugs currently used to treat vitiligo, a chronic autoimmune disease that causes depigmentation of skin ... FDA with a black box ...

Eichenfield, MD, pediatric patients with vitiligo would benefit from improved ... with TCIs being preferred for delicate areas such as facial skin. “On extremities, I might pulse dose with ...