The Impact of Vitiligo on Quality of Life and Psychosocial Well-Being in a Nepalese Population.

The authors collected demographics and assessed the impact of vitiligo using Vitiligo Quality of Life (VitiQoL) and Vitiligo Impact Scale (VIS), followed by a focused survey and semistructured interviews with 22 participants in midwestern Nepal. VitiQoL and VIS scales did not indicate a large impact on quality of life; however, through interviews/focused surveys, participants expressed unhappiness/worry, problems in finding partners, securing employment, and social discrimination due to their skin lesions. These stressors are highlighted along with lack of proper physician counseling and vitiligo-related myths, which create psychosocial distress that may not be given priority in underdeveloped countries like Nepal.