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Event
🇫🇷 Vitiligo Tour De France
Association Française du Vitiligo - 11 rue de Clichy 75009 Paris
1st VITILIGO TOUR OF FRANCE: 4,400 km - 18 stopover cities - 1 million winners
From June 2 to 26, 2021, the French Vitiligo Association will travel across France in order to :
- recognize vitiligo as a real disease and improve medical and institutions care,
- eliminate the burden of vitiligo and improve the quality of life of the people suffering from it,
- raise public awareness and bring a new perspective to vitiligo,
- meet and collaborate with doctors and researchers to find new therapies.
In each town, will be organized:
- Corrective make-up workshops, Origami - Skin Art workshops, Documentation
- Meetings with patients, their families and the general public
- Interviews with the doctors of the Dermatology Department of the University Hospital,
- Exchanges with health, education and sports professionals
- Interviews with local media
A press videoconference will launch this Tour on June 2nd, with the participation of vitiligo specialists, members of our Scientific Committee.
To know more : vitiligo-tour@afvitiligo.com
FAQOther Questions
- Is vitiligo contagious?
Vitiligo is not contagious. This means it cannot be spread from person to person through physical contact, sharing personal items, or any other means of transmission. Vitiligo i...
- What is vitiligo?
Vitiligo (pronounced vit-ill-EYE-go) is a generally unpredictable skin disease that causes a gradual loss of skin color and overlying hair on different parts of the body. Contr...
- What are the best predictors for therapy response in vitiligo?
A fair question. Also a slightly annoying one, because dermatology loves nuance and patients usually want something more like a weather forecast. Still, a few factors do show up...
Though it is not always easy to treat vitiligo, there is much to be gained by clearly understanding the diagnosis, the future implications, treatment options and their outcomes.
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