A detail of Ben Brown’s hand. Brown got vitiligo at the age of 35, he’s now 39. Brown has vitiligo all over his face, arms and hands. “It’s bad enough having to look in the mirror everyday and see yourself transform; then having to deal with the public’s response having a shock value when they see you,” he said. Brown has had the cops called on him, because individuals thought he had on a ski mask, when he walks into a room small children start to cry, mothers won’t let their children sit next to him in church, etc.