Darius Vernon who grew up shy, spent the past 14 years avoiding women after a chronic skin condition reduced his self esteem. Darius who is from Willesden, North London, suffers from vitiligo – a condition that causes the skin to lose its pigmentation creating white patches on the body. We’ve seen women who have vitiligo who have become models, Darius has also become a model after being able to overcome his insecurities.

Darius said as a teenager, he was always bullied and made fun of because of his skin condition and that he even considered killing himself at one point.
Darius first showed symptoms of vitiligo when he was just 12 years old.
Vitiligo can be caused by stress and after the death of his grandmother, Darius started losing the pigmentation in his hands and then it traveled to the rest of his body.
He said:
‘I went to the doctors in 2000 and they diagnosed me with vitiligo. ‘I remember holding my mum’s hands and squeezing them because the name just sounded so scary.’

He said he was offered cream and makeup to cover the patches but he preferred to hide them with clothes.

Fortunately, he got discovered by model scouts on Instagram and has since been modelling for different brands. Now he is looking to find a partner who is willing to love him with his flaws.

He said:
 ‘I was handed this physical difference and there were no instructions to go with it – you don’t know how to deal with vitiligo.
‘I spent years hating myself and the way I looked because of the ignorance of other people – but now I’m proud of who I am.”

I remember There is a female model of Desigual who has same skin disease with this man...
At first I thought it was juz a make up..

Mehn dis is really bad... I ddnt knw it would look so worse like this.. wooow

This vitiligo of a thing self.it will just be appearing first in the wrong places.
handsome dude.

Lol you dey admire the dude ni

ladygudhead:
This vitiligo of a thing self.it will just be appearing first in the wrong places.
handsome dude.

Hope to channel all my circumstances into something positive

He is a motivator

olaskul:
Lol you dey admire the dude ni

is it bad?

It depends on what really you admire about him... if it's the money, fame, physic or what

ladygudhead:


is it bad?

olaskul:
It depends on what really you admire about him... if it's the money, fame, physic or what

hmmm...I don't knw him so I don't knw his pocket.Even if I do,I can't fall becos of his pocket;I live in reality.As for his fame,I don't knw how famous or not he is n DAT can't make me fall.Then his physic...hmm good honestly.But still there again it can't fall me.I only passed a compliment. Compliments are normal n sometimes courtesy demands it.

I know wat can fall me.


I like his courage too.



Now I'm sure I av been able to convince olaskul.

Wetin concern me?



Abeg who get toilet roll i wan clean my yansh?

If na naija girls,dem go jst bleach the other body parts.

prahcetomi:
If na naija girls,dem go jst bleach the other body parts.

Michael Jackson was not a naija woman

Stupedinluv:
Michael Jackson is not a naija woman

he get dat disease?