Bleach

Authors

  • Sergio Gabriel Carbia University of Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Verónica Malah University of Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47196/da.v30i1.2528

Abstract

He will never forget the treatment that the neighborhood healer entrusted to him. The mother would stand him on the chair, cut garlic in half and anoint his body before going to sleep. “Imagine what it's like to sleep with the smell of garlic.” So for 10 days, and logically it didn't give any results. The ointments prescribed to him in a hospital also had no effect. The spots on the back of his neck and on his waist that had appeared were not erased. “My skin color was fading and no one knew anything. My family saw Charly García with his white mustache and they didn't even know that he had that disorder.”

Author Biographies

Sergio Gabriel Carbia, University of Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Associate Professor of Dermatology

Verónica Malah, University of Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rheumatologist

References

I. Cicero G. “Lo untaron con ajo, lo llamaron ‘vaquita’, le hicieron fototerapia, pero decidió ser feliz con su vitíligo”. Infobae digital: 25 de junio de 2022. Disponible en: https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/2022/06/25/lo-untaron-con-ajo-lo-llamaron-vaquita-le-hicieron-fototerapia-pero-decidio-ser-feliz-con-su-vitiligo.

Published

2023-04-01

Issue

Section

The Skin in the Letters