Bullied Student Turns Vitiligo Into Stunning Body Art

Ash Soto was identified with vitiligo when she was just 12 years old. As her vitiligo started spreading, she started to feel embarrassed of her skin, specifically after someone asked her if she had showered in bleach. Now this 21-year-old isn’t ashamed anymore, she embraces her skin in the most amazing way. In her late teens, Soto made a decision that she would not let her skin hold her back any longer, so she started challenging herself everyday by walking around in public without a long sleeve t-shirt. It was these challenges that then caused Soto to turn her body into art, stunning and beautiful body art.

“I never realized how beautiful my vitiligo was until I traced it with a black marker, it really helps to bring out the different colors of my skin”

After embracing her skin she has tried out a number of different art pieces on her body, such as Van Gogh’s Starry Night and she’s not stopping! So many people view vitiligo as a flaw and she has made it into something so stunning and made it more accepted than before. Vitiligo is a skin disease which causes pigment loss, leaving large white spots all over body, and it is so amazing to see the kind of body art she has created inspiring so many people around the world.

Bullied Student Turns Vitiligo Into Stunning Body Art

When she started doing body art, she found out how like her skin problem. She started by drawing around the white patches and saw that it appeared like a world map.

“I will continue developing different art pieces with my skin and hope it influences others in the procedure”

“Now what others would perceive as an imperfection I have made into something more beautiful and made it more accepted than before”