Patchy Skin Is Still A Win

Aastha Shah might have been bullied for her vitiligo... But now she's teaching others about it, and living her best life too.

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00:00Everyone who has vitiligo is actually beautiful, even someone who does not have vitiligo is

00:14beautiful.

00:15The doctor told my dad and mom that I know how parents feel when their child is diagnosed

00:29with vitiligo.

00:30So I wanted to take it a little slowly.

00:44Vitiligo is not a disease, it is not contagious, it's not cancerous.

00:49I started going to temples, different kind of medications, homeopathy, allopathy, putting

00:58cream, a lot of superstitions thing where people would be like, go drink this juice

01:02or have this from some other temple.

01:10You look like a dalmatian dog, you have disgusting skin, you look like LED light, you look like

01:31white paint.

01:32You will not be able to get married.

01:38I remember looking at myself in the mirror and being like, no, I cannot attach myself

01:52towards the way I look.

02:04The attention I got was very different.

02:07I didn't like the fact that the attention changed.

02:10I think this is the biggest myth where people think if you have vitiligo, it has to be like

02:14patchy.

02:15It is not that.

02:16People have different kinds of vitiligo, gum surgery and you bleached your skin.

02:43I still do have problems related to it.

02:47I still get sunburns, which are really, really painful.

02:50I get like huge blisters, which take a lot of time to heal.

03:15I really, really want to meet Vinny Harlow and I hope that happens very, very soon.

03:19I hope this message reaches Vinny Harlow because I love you a lot.