What It’s Really Like To Get A Vitiligo Diagnosis — At Every Age

It was vitiligo, an autoimmune condition that causes skin (and sometimes the hair growing from it) to lose its pigment gradually. Kara, now 46, was in her 30s when she was diagnosed, but vitiligo doesn’t care how old you are. “I feel like I skipped the typical shock of a vitiligo diagnosis that some people experience,” she says. With Vitiligo, There’s No One Size-Fits-AllFour ages, four completely different reactions, one through line: They all got there eventually. There’s no right way to respond to a vitiligo diagnosis — just your way, on your timeline.