'Impact of vitiligo is major', reads the headline in the magazine Cutis Cura in its latest issue. The magazine published a full-page interview with LVVP chairman Paul Monteiro.  Monteiro has thus brought the skin condition to the attention of skin therapists and other professionals in dermatology, because that is the readership of this trade magazine.

For the LVVP it is important that all professionals who come into contact with skin conditions learn to recognize vitiligo. And not only that: they should also know that the impact of vitiligo is often very great. As Paul says in the interview: 'Those white spots don't hurt – at most they itch a little – but they do affect your self-confidence. Therefore, vitiligo can have a major impact on a person's life. With a large photo accompanying the interview, he shows what vitiligo has done to him: from a dark man with Indian roots, he has now become completely white.

You can read the complete interview with Paul Monteiro in Cutis Cura here.

Book with new insights
The same issue of Cutis Cura also mentions the new book 'Living with vitiligo' in the Consultation Hour at Home series, written by Dr. Wietze van der Veen. In its review, Cutis Cura calls it 'highly recommended for every professional working with skin patients'.

The magazine Skin of the National Skin Fund also paid attention to the book 'Living with vitiligo' in its last issue. Skin posted an interview with Lucy Beker, the journalist who wrote the patient interviews in the book. She says: 'Everyone told his or her own story without any restraint. All that candor made a deep impression on me. In the stories you recognize a wide range of reactions to this disease: from anger and resistance, through resignation to acceptance. She also reports that the book offers really new insights, such as the fact that a quarter of vitiligo patients suffer from itching, and new advice. 'For example, sunbathing used to be discouraged, while it is now clear that sunbathing is absolutely allowed, provided one is careful not to burn.'

You can read the complete interview with Lucy Beker in Huid magazine here.

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