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My Boyfriend Left Me Because of Vitiligo – Nigerian Woman Shares Her Emotional Journey After Her Diagnosis
Blessing spoke openly about her experience, explaining that in addition to dealing with the diagnosis, she also had to confront misconceptions and stigma from people who misunderstood the condition.
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According to her, some people believed her vitiligo was linked to spiritual causes rather than a medical condition. She said several individuals suggested she may have offended traditional deities and advised her to perform rituals to seek forgiveness.
Speaking about the experience, she said:
“My former boyfriend left me because of Vitilgo people always feel like okay it was a fire accident and they would be telling me (Her future would never rise again oh) because a lot of people have misconception that okay it is caused by a deity called obatala that maybe i have done an abomination, I have eaten what i am not supposed to eat that I need to appease the gods”
Blessing also recounted how she first noticed unusual changes to her skin in 2024, long before she knew she had vitiligo.
She explained:
” My vitiligo started 2024 the first sign i noticed was on my scalp and that was when i was preparing to make my hair for my POP and it was like an Injury so i felt like okay maybe hairstylist over struck my scalp because i have a very soft scalp so i was not really paying attention I felt it was going to go.
“So In november I was preparing for my birthday shoot so i did a makeup few days after, it started like an eczema I was angry at my makeup artist, I felt like she did not sterilize the Instruments she used that i was reacting to it so after few days, it came like a bigger eczema It was not white, New patches would come very light before they turn to white and people were telling me I need to see a dermatologist and i could not see a dermatologist because seeing a dermatologist in nigeria is a war and I booked an appointment in UCH (University colleage hospital, Ibadan) they told me they are fully booked for the year…… Unfortunately, i saw a private clinic online so i went there in Ibadan that was where i met doctor bello and that was when she officially diagnosed me with Vitiligo and I did series of test to check if my liver is functioning well before she can place me on the medication and at some point I was seeing improvement but when emotional stress came in, the Vitiligo started spreading so fast and it made the medications not effective again so I stopped this year, i stopped taking the medication, I was just spending money i was not seeing any effective of the medication so i stopped”
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