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Local lab working on new treatment for vitiligo
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AUSTIN, Texas (FOX 7 Austin) – “I would always wear long sleeves or jeans to cover up my knees.” Growing up was not easy for Medha Iyer. “I didn’t really know what was happening at the time.”
At the age of eight, she was diagnosed with vitiligo – a disease that causes people to lose pigment in their skin. “I first saw symptoms on my feet. It started on my left foot and it started to progressively go to the rest of my body,” said Medha.
Medha went through several treatments but nothing seemed to work.