Confidence and self-esteem. Two feelings that people with vitiligo struggle or have struggled with at some point. When I first got diagnosed I was devastated, like many others, I thought.. why me and why this? I became focused on covering it up as much as I can. I became so consumed with hiding my skin it became mentally draining.

My vitiligo is still spreading and it is not contained, and whenever I got tanner it became more noticeable, people would look at my hands, or ask me if I was tanning with sunglasses on, and I even got the common question “Is it contagious?” I just didn’t want people to see my disease.

Confidence comes from the perspective of how you define it, I associated confidences with looks, if I fit in society’s definition of beauty that means I’ll have confidence. When I got diagnosed and struggled with self-esteem I realized my definition of confidence was absolutely wrong.

Confidence depends on perception.

The first step is realizing that confidence depends on perception and that your feelings are valid.

With social media comes a disconnect between how you perceive your own skin and how others perceive you. Social media create unrealistic standards of beauty. The moment you come to terms with that you will start to slowly accept yourself.

Confidence is NOT faking it till you make it.

Confidence takes time, it is the result of practicing self-acceptance. Try to slowly uncover your spots, show your hands at first, go out a few times without makeup. If people start to stare try to acknowledge those feelings and accept them if they ask questions to try to educate them about your condition. The road is long and every day you’ll learn something new about yourself, things that you thought you’ll never overcome, things that you never thought that you’ll feel insecure about, embrace the journey.

Confidence does not depend on how you look like.

How you look like depends on your confidence, the way you carry yourself with self-love and pride alters how others see you and how you see yourself. Confidence comes from within, you need to dig deep to find that light. Push yourself to do something out of the ordinary, do a photoshoot session for yourself, do what makes you have but also something that makes you uncomfortable. And remember to have fun and celebrate your milestones!

Confidence is postive thinking.

“Confidence isn’t optimism or pessimism, and it’s not a character attribute. It’s the expectation of a positive outcome.” — Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Having a negative self-image can be detrimental to your wellbeing, your life can start feeling like it’s out of control, you can start feeling depressed and isolated.



Positive thinking plays an important role in self-confidence. It is a collection of actions that results in a positive outcome. It’s one thing to learn to think positively, but when you start acting on it you start to shift your thinking and find what really makes you beautif Positively talk to people, put energy into your actions. You’ll soon start to notice a difference.

Now that we talked about confidence it’s time to work on yourself, here are some helpful tips:

Do postive affermations daily https://thezeroed.com/positive-affirmations-for-self-esteem/

Work on slowly showing your spots

Learn to accept people’s reactions and make sure you inform them about what vitiligo is.