A new 'miracle' treatment could be offered to people with vitiligo on the NHS later this year - but not everyone with the condition wants to use it. Sultan Rashid first noticed patches of white skin on his chest aged nine.
It then spread across his whole body, including his face. His parents had no idea what it was, and doctors were not sure at first either, but he was eventually diagnosed at 12 with vitiligo - a chronic autoimmune disorder that causes patches of skin to lose pigment. Being a teenager with vitiligo was tough.
Sultan, from Watford, did not know anyone else with it and felt he was made to feel like an outcast by society. He tried different treatments, but nothing made a difference, and if anything, made his skin worse, coming out in blisters after sun exposure.
