WHICH CARS ARE MORE FULL THAN OTHERS. THIS IS JUST AN IDEA, AND ONLY IN THE PLANNING STAGES. THE LAGO CAUSES PEOPLE TO LOSE PIGMENT IN THEIR SKIN. YOU MAY REMEMBER THE MICHAEL JACKSON HAD IT, AND HE BLEACHED HIS SKIN TO EVEN OUT HIS SKINTONE. A LOCAL DOCTOR, AND THE LEADING EXPERT SAYS THAT THAT IS NOT TRUE. I NOTICED IT AROUND MY EYES FIRST. Reporter: NINE-YEAR-OLD ARVADA WAS ALMOST 3 WHEN SHE STARTED DEVELOPING WHITE PATCHES AROUND HER EYES. IT'S ON MY HANDS, MY FEET. Reporter: SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH VITILIGO. WHICH OCCURS WHEN AN IMMUNE SYSTEM ATTACKS AND KILLS PIGMENT CELLS IN THE SKIN. IT IS NOT DANGEROUS, AND IT IS NOT CONTAGIOUS. BUT IT DOES DRAW ATTENTION. PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME WHAT THE WHITE THING IS ON MY SKIN. THEY DON'T MEAN TO BE MEAN. THEY ARE JUST CURIOUS. Reporter: FOR SOME IT CAN BE DEVASTATING, SOME PATIENTS WILL LEAVE THEIR HOME, THE WILL NOT SOCIALIZE, THEY ONLY GO OUT AT NIGHT. Reporter: ONE DOCTOR SAYS OF VITILIGO IS A REVERSIBLE, WITH UV THERAPY. WE HAVE BOOTHS HERE IN THE HOSPITAL WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND SPEND TWO MINUTES STANDING IN THE BOOTH AND THEY RECEIVE THE LIGHT. IT LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE A TANNING BOOTH. Reporter: HERE IS HER TREATMENT. THE VITILIGO ON HER FACE IS COMPLETELY GONE. BUT SHE IS THRILLED. IT IS MAGIC. Reporter: DOCTOR HARRIS SAYS HE IS THE FIFTH OR SIXTH DERMATOLOGIST THAT HE HAS SEEN. BECAUSE THEY ARE TOLD REPEATEDLY THAT THE LICO IS NOT TRIPLE. HE SAYS THAT'S FALSE AND THAT PATIENTS SHOULD KNOW THERE ARE OPTIONS. I CARE A LOT ABOUT MY PATIENCE. I LOOK HIM IN THE EYE, I WATCH THEM CRY, I HEAR THEIR STORIES. ICY THE ANXIETY. THIS IS A HUGE MOTIVATOR. I WANT TO BE A DERMATOLOGIST WHEN I GROW UP. Reporter: DOCTOR HARRIS IS DEVELOPING A CLINICAL TRIAL WHICH WILL TEST A NEW DRUG
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