People with Vitiligo bemoan exorbitant sunscreen cost

THE huge cost of sunscreens and other body creams used by people with skin conditions such as vitiligo is preventing many from accessing the essential commodities, exposing them to skin diseases including skin cancers. By Kudakwashe Pembere In some instances, people have to folk out not less US$20 every month for a bottle of sunscreen. This emerged during a vitiligo commemoration organized by Lancet Laboratories on Thursday where people with vitiligo said sunscreen products are expensive. Lancet, can we please have affordable sunscreen because sunscreen is very expensive and affordable…

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Embracing My Beautiful Scars: Christine’s Journey With Vitiligo

“IF you look closely at a tree, you will notice its knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that Beauty and imperfection goes together wonderfully,” said renowned American Actor and philanthropist, Matthew Fox in one of his famous Quotes. By Michael Gwarisa The above quote aptly sums how one 21-year-old Christine Tafadzwanashe Matyavira, a young Zimbabwean model from Mbizo, Kwekwe and a University of Zimbabwe Film, Radio and Television Production student has changed the course of her life by accepting her skin condition and using…

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