India, June 25 -- Social media may be full of fillers and filters, but the glow of some influencers stem from their unfiltered stories. Riya Agrawal, a Raipur girl in her 20s, is using her social media presence to spotlight vitiligo, a condition she wears on her sleeve as a badge of honour. On World Vitiligo Day, let us tell you how she worked her way from being bullied for her skin to becoming a voice of change and promoting skin positivity.

Riya was all of 3 years old when the physical marks of vitiligo started to show on her body. It was nothing new in her family. For the unversed, vitiligo is an autoimmune skin condition that causes skin to lose its colour or pigment. According to the National Health Services, it happens due to a lac...