ORANDO, Fla. – Ash Soto says she has the world painted on her body, but she wasn’t always so confident in showing it.The 25-year-old lives with vitiligo, a skin condition in which one’s skin cells stop functioning, causing the person to lose pigmentation.
Those with vitiligo are often seen with white blotches or patches of skin that appear with patches of their original skin tone.“I was first diagnosed at 12 years old and it started with the tiniest spot on my neck and within a couple months, it expanded, growing to other parts of my body," Soto explained.Vitiligo is a long-term condition.
There’s no way of predicting how much skin will be affected or a proven way to stop it, according to dermatologists. Soto said at first it was tough to.