StoryCorps Shorts: Shades of Love
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Cheri Lindsay and her father Phillip talk about the rare skin condition they share called vitiligo.
Cheri Lindsay and her father Phillip both have a rare skin condition called vitiligo. They gradually lose pigment in their skin, often in patches that can grow over time. Cheri always remembers her dad having vitiligo. At StoryCorps, they talked about when it first showed up for her.
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StoryCorps Shorts: Shades of Love
Special | 2m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
Cheri Lindsay and her father Phillip both have a rare skin condition called vitiligo. They gradually lose pigment in their skin, often in patches that can grow over time. Cheri always remembers her dad having vitiligo. At StoryCorps, they talked about when it first showed up for her.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipCHERI LINDSAY: It started around my eyes, and it literally grew out like a mask.
And I remember calling and saying, "You know, Dad, my, uh, vitiligo is moving kind of fast."
PHILIP LINDSAY: Well, I was shocked because I had asked doctors if any of my kids would have vitiligo, and they said, "Probably not.
It usually skips a generation."
So, when I found out that you had it, I was scared for you.
CHERI LINDSAY: It was easy for me to deal with because of seeing you deal with it.
Like I've never seen you without vitiligo, and so it's like that's normal.
That's my dad.
PHILIP LINDSAY: I have five kids, and when I had to take you guys out and about, you guys wanted to protect me.
CHERI LINDSAY: Ready to fight... (chuckles).
PHILIP LINDSAY: Ok, yeah.
Anything anyone did or said, you guys were just like, "Hey, watch yourself."
And so I had to ease you guys' mind and let you understand that I was okay.
I didn't need the protection.
CHERI LINDSAY: I know, for me, I get stared at like crazy.
PHILIP LINDSAY: Well, I noticed kids like to touch me.
How do they react to you?
CHERI LINDSAY: Man, there was a point I would avoid kids in the store.
If a kid was coming down the aisle, I'm like, "I don't need no bread."
But I did something one time.
I was at Walmart, and I'm walking down the aisle, and this little boy, he had to be about 5 or 6, he was just staring at me.
He looked so freaked out.
But I stopped and I said, "You wanna know why I look like this?"
And he was like, "Yeah."
And I said, "Because I was staring at somebody in Walmart."
(laughs).
And I told his mom, I was like, "I'm just kidding with him."
PHILIP LINDSAY: Well, Cheri.
You know, you're a very beautiful woman, and you keep your head up, and you just and you walk on.
And I couldn't be more proud of you for the way you handle yourself, really.
My chest goes out for you.
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