Vitiligo is a condition where the skin loses its pigmentation and becomes patchy with white sharp margins. João Stanganelli Junior suffers from this condition, and in his case, his vitiligo became more and more visible in his 30s. Now, he is a 64-year-old, semi-retired grandpa from Brazil who came up with a fantastic idea; he began making dolls that also have vitiligo.
“My view of vitiligo seems to me to be very different from the general, I think it is necessary first that you have vitiligo, after this acceptance you choose what you want to do,” Stanganelli told Bored Panda. “I still quote Benjamin Disraeli: ‘Life is too short to be small.’”
Together with his wife, he took up crocheting, and although, it was hard in the beginning, he managed to create his first doll, which he gifted to his granddaughter, so she could have something to always remember him by. Now, he has many different orders, and his goal is to help inclusive children feel “normal.”
Scroll down and check out his dolls below.
