“I was really excited,” Riley told CNN. “Not really nervous, just excited.” Riley was born with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), a rare skin condition characterized by extreme sensitivity to ...

“I began to get the spots on my face and that made me more self-conscious,” she told CNN. Deanne had vitiligo, a condition that causes skin to lose its natural color. Six years later, her body ...

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