My Vitiligo Stopped Me Wearing Bikinis - Until Now | SHAKE MY BEAUTY

A BRAVE woman has learnt to love her differences by creating artwork with her skin condition - after years of bullying. Ash Soto, 24, from Florida, stopped going swimming after a group of children asked if she had “showered in bleach” at a pool party. She has vitiligo, a condition where skin loses pigmentation, going white in patches and growing over time. Ash started noticing her skin changing at the age of 12, when a small white spot appeared on her neck. She found going to school difficult as other children would comment on her skin, often with cruel remarks. Ash said that she lost her sense of identity. But she started to embrace her look; tracing the lines of her vitiligo and creating artwork out of the skin she used to hate. Her design influences have included Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, Pokémon and Dragon Ball Z.