Our impact

With your support, we:

Educate

provide information, raise awareness and promote acceptance of vitiligo

Support

through online community, support groups and face-to-face events

Inspire

through story telling and sharing personal experiences

Partner

with local and global vitiligo medical professionals
Lifestyle

Is camouflage the best way to come to terms with vitiligo?

Previously published in our Dispatches magazine, in this article Maxine Whitton MBE and previous Patron of the Vitiligo Society explores the role that cosmetic camouflage can have in helping to manage vitiligo. It seems to be true that most people with vitiligo can cope better when the face is not affected. The face, quite apart […]

26 September 2023

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News

World Vitiligo Day Videos Released

On 25th June 2023 we were joined by a number of incredible speakers sharing information, tips and advice on how to live well with vitiligo. This year, we focused on how we we can look after loved ones; be unafraid to form new, intimate relationships; and overcome barriers to live positive, fulfilled lives. We are […]

12 September 2023

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Research & Treatment

Living with vitiligo study

The University of Dundee is looking for people to help with their new study aimed at better understanding the experience of those living with vitiligo. What would participants be doing? An online survey will be used to obtain first-person accounts of what it is like living with vitiligo. For this reason, the survey mostly concerns […]

26 September 2023

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Stories

After I Was Diagnosed with Vitiligo, I Thought ‘Why Me’, Now I Say ‘This Is Me”.

In 2016, aged 16 years old, Avanti Balki spotted the first signs of vitiligo on her lower lip. It wasn’t her who noticed the distinctive white mark that was later confirmed as vitiligo, but rather someone else who had been staring at her skin through curiosity. “My initial thought was that I’d reacted bad to […]

20 September 2023

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