Not Hiding Anymore
“It has made me realize that I shouldn’t have to change who I am to stop people shouting stuff at me. My vitiligo is a part of me so I’m not going to hide it,” she said triumphantly. After finding so much support, Cat even decided to bravely wear a bikini for the first time.
“When I went on holiday this year I knew people would stare at my patches while I was in a bikini, but I was determined just to ignore them.,” she told The Daily Mail. “It hasn’t been easy to get to this point – it’s taken me 10 years – but it’s likely it will spread and the patches I have will get bigger so I need to accept it. And I’m even learning to love it.”
In order to protect the privacy of those depicted, some names, locations, and identifying characteristics have been changed and are products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblances to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, are entirely coincidental.