Vitiligo Awareness Month

Vitiligo Awareness Month

June is Vitiligo Awareness Month and June 25th is Vitiligo Awareness Day. Dolls representing this skin condition which causes between 0.5% to 1% of the population to lose pigmentation are shown below:

Ndanaka is part of the Sibahle Collection.

A closeup of Ndanaka illustrates the extent of the vitiligo on the doll's face. Other affected areas are her arms, legs, and torso as illustrated here.

Barbie Fashionista #135 is flanked by two dolls my husband and I painted to represent people with vitiligo.

The repainted dolls were completed long before Mattel released Fashionista #135, but Mattel is to be applauded for including this doll in the Fashionista line.

Vitiligo is defined as:

1. a condition in which the pigment is lost from areas of the skin, causing whitish patches, often with no clear cause.

That is what it is called.

References

Medline: Vitiligo

Vitiligo Facts

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