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Elliott Benford and Kandice Benford. See SWNS story NYCSKIN; A bride has told how she was left in tears after developing vitiligo before her wedding - and says it was triggered by the stress of planning her big day. Stunning Kandice Benford, 32, "freaked out" when white blotches began to spread over her body shortly before she was due to walk down the aisle. She thinks the condition - where patches of skin lose their pigment - may have been triggered by the anxiety of fine-tuning the details of the wedding. At first she desperately tried to cover the spots makeup but eventually she plucked up the courage to go barefaced thanks to support from her partner, call center supervisor Elliott Benford. Kandice, a hairstylist, wore minimal makeup when she tied the knot to Elliott, 30, on November 5 last year - and she says she had a "perfect day".Now as the couple celebrate their first anniversary, Kandice is more confident than ever and hopes to inspire other women with vitiligo to embrace their bodies. The brave bride, of Terry, Mississippi, said: "I was really down about it at first.
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Bride reveals how she developed vitiligo months before her big day due to stress

by Showafrica November 9, 2017 575 0 Comment

A bride has revealed how she was left in tears after developing a pigmentation disorder just months before her wedding. Kandice Benford believes that her vitiligo was triggered by the stress of planning her big day. She first noticed white spots on her hands when she was at college years ago but she says that she didn’t really care about it at the time because she only had a few blotches. It was only when she turned 30 that the disease started to spread rapidly. While Kandice was juggling work and wedding planning, her husband fell ill and she had to worry about his health too. ‘I think stress triggered it. Because I got stressed, I started seeing a more prominent spot on my nose and it started spreading more. It was like it happened overnight.’

Elliott Benford and Kandice Benford. See SWNS story NYCSKIN;

Over the course of a year, those spots spread – and now they cover her entire body. (Picture: SWNS) ‘I was really down about it at first,’ she says. ‘You see yourself every day for 30 years and then one morning you wake up and you look different. ‘Kids would say, “Mummy, what is that all over her face?” or people would ask, “Is it a burn?”.

Kandice Benford before photo. See SWNS story NYCSKIN;

(Picture: SWNS) On the day of her wedding, Kandice was tempted to cover them up but her husband persuaded her not to. ‘I was freaking out but everybody has been very supportive. My husband said, “You’re beautiful with or without”. (Picture: SWNS) ‘I gave myself a pep talk and moved on. I had to embrace it. My body is my body. I ended up feeling great on my wedding day. I can honestly say having vitiligo has made more confident in myself.’ A year on, she’s more confident than ever and wants other women with vitiligo to embrace their bodies.

Stunning Kandice Benford, 32. See SWNS story NYCSKIN;

(Picture: SWNS) ‘Vitiligo has honestly made me a stronger person.’ she says. ‘At first the stares made me feel very, very uncomfortable but now I look at those people and wave. (Picture: SWNS) ‘To anyone else going through this, you need to love yourself. Be patient with yourself. You are stronger than you think.’

 

 

 

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