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Spotlight! No. 1 (March 2024)
In the March issue of Spotlight! :
♦ Webinar The disease burden of vitiligo
♦ How do self-tanning products work;
♦ Study project for students at Fontys University of Applied Sciences;
Ziggy has a skin condition
Play a game with a character that looks like you. That was far from possible for 13-year-old Ziggy. He has the skin condition vitiligo.
But now it is possible. In-game Sims 4 is it possible to make a game figure with the skin condition. And Ziggy is very happy with that.
Webinar The disease burden of vitiligo
Patrick Kemperman is a psychodermatologist at the University Medical Center in Amsterdam. Together with Paul Monteiro, chairman of patient association Vitiligo.nl, he talks in this webinar about the importance of more attention to the psychosocial consequences of vitiligo.
Color change: from dark to white
Paul Monteiro has had vitiligo since he was 12 years old.
Monteiro initially had colored skin, but due to vitiligo he lost all his pigment. It has become so white that it must continuously protect itself from sunlight. He was therefore not bothered by the color change.
World Vitiligo Day June 25, 2024
Tuesday, June 25 is World Vitiligo Day, because this day does not fall on a weekend, we will hold it on Sunday, June 23!
You will hear the location later, but I can already tell you that it is great!
Anny Huidheld of the Skin Fund
Your skin is the largest organ of your body and has a major impact on how you feel and how you think you are perceived by others.
Mark Baanders about vitiligo in the animal kingdom.
December 15 Video
Mark Baanders was flooded with reactions when he spoke openly about his vitiligo during Expedition Robinson. With him, it turned out that more than 200,000 other people in the Netherlands were walking around with the skin disease.
And vitiligo occurs not only in humans, but also in animals.
Mark Baanders about vitiligo.
December 15 Video
Mark Baanders was flooded with reactions when he spoke openly about his vitiligo during Expedition Robinson. With him, it turned out that more than 200,000 other people in the Netherlands were walking around with the skin disease.
Mark Baanders about the acceptance of vitiligo.
December 15 Video
Mark Baanders was flooded with reactions when he spoke openly about his vitiligo during Expedition Robinson. With him, it turned out that more than 200,000 other people in the Netherlands were walking around with the skin disease. He continued his research and spoke to fellow sufferers. You can watch 'Renze' again at Videoland.