The Stigma of Vitiligo

Anita, 26
Chiara Goia

Anita, 26
"I got vitiligo in my lips in 2005," Anita says. "At first I managed to hide it with a lipstick or by hiding my face behind a veil, but when my father-in-law found out about it, I had to flee with my husband and child from Uttar Pradesh to Mumbai."

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