Vitiligo Sufferers Help is Right Here.

Lisa Johnson, 24, who is from Los Angeles was left with huge white patches all over her body after developing skin condition vitiligo as a child and you can imagine whom bullies will target with her in their mix. But a new treatment and a state of the art makeover could be about to change that.

Lisa with Dr. Grimes before the therapy treatment

She said: 'It's a condition which causes my skin to turn a different colour. 'I now have white patches covering more than a third of my body.' The condition is not life-threatening but its psychological effects can be devastating to sufferers.

After 17 years of suffering she has turned to a skin specialist  for help. Dr Pearl Grimes said: 'This condition dramatically affects quality of life. 'It can interfere with a person's physical and mental well-being with devastating effects. 'But there is hope available for Lisa, I'm recommending a course of Narrowband UV light therapy which should re-colour her skin.'

Lisa undergoing Narrowband UV treatment

The therapy could take some time to take effect, so in the short term Lisa has been given a specialist cover-up product. A computer generates a special formula after analysing images of Lisa's skin and it tells a dermatologist how much of each colour to use to cover over the white patches. After the procedure, Lisa said: 'It just feels absolutely fantastic - to see the smile on my sister's face when she saw me really warms my heart and my soul. 'I feel like I can be me again.'

Lisa with her sister Jessica after treatment

Other sufferers of the disease is late American superstar, Michael Jackson. Vitiligo is a long-term condition that causes pale, white patches to develop on the skin due to lack of a chemical called melanin. Melanin is produced by specialised skin cells called melanocytes, which gives your skin its colour and protects it from the sun.