Mental Health issues in Vitiligo
Vitiligo Depression Vitiligo is a skin disorder in which skin patches lose pigment and develop light colour patches on the skin. This is chronic autoimmune disorder that can affect either small area or whole body. In this the skin cells responsible of making pigment that is melanocytes skin cells are attacked and destroyed by body’s own healthy tissues by mistake. Vitiligo is not contagious in nature that means it cannot spread from one person to other through physical touch, sharing food or sexual activity. Though it is not communicable still it is treated as curse in our society, which impacts mental health of person with vitiligo. Conditions like low self-esteem, anxiety, depression are really common in vitiligo patients. Vitiligo patient fights a daily battle with themselves, feeling of being different and not accepted as normal in the society may tear them down emotionally and make them feel low about their body. Therefore, ...