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Édouard Philippe explains about his whitening beard: "An illness, neither painful nor contagious"

2020-06-18T21:10:28.398Z


The gradual depigmentation of the Prime Minister's beard is linked to a vitiligo, he confirmed this week.Stress? Disease? As the Prime Minister's beard has grown pale in recent months, it has aggregated many questions, to the point where, for some political commentators, the first marks of discord between its owner and the president can be seen. Asked about this white spot that widens over the weeks on his chin, the chief executive gave Paris Match the explanation on Wednesday. And it is very simple,...


Stress? Disease? As the Prime Minister's beard has grown pale in recent months, it has aggregated many questions, to the point where, for some political commentators, the first marks of discord between its owner and the president can be seen. Asked about this white spot that widens over the weeks on his chin, the chief executive gave Paris Match the explanation on Wednesday. And it is very simple, it is a vitiligo. "It is a minor illness, neither painful nor contagious," commented Édouard Philippe, currently campaigning for the town hall of Le Havre, between two meetings on the health crisis.

Often arrested on the white spot on his #beard, Edouard #Philippe refuses to shave or dye it. "It is a disease (a vitiligo) without gravity, neither painful nor contagious" he confides to @ParisMatch https://t.co/ing3I2Sj3i

- Bruno Jeudy (@JeudyBruno) June 17, 2020

As the weekly emphasizes, vitiligo, which can affect the skin as much as the hair, is not harmless either, since it can be generated by stress. Already in January, close to the Parisian, the entourage of the head of government hinted that this progressive depigmentation could well prove to be a "mark of fatigue", while ensuring that the Prime Minister was not subject to this famous stress .

A stigmatizing disease

0.5% to 1% of the world population suffers from this disease, recalls Inserm, adding that "stress, in the medical sense of the term, can promote the appearance or worsening of vitiligo". Even if it is not always the case.

Even before this dermatological diagnosis was made, in our columns in February, the president of the French Vitiligo Association had protested that this progressive discoloration of the Prime Minister's down had become a subject of discussion, even jokes .

The vitiligo "stigmatizes millions of men, women, children, who often isolate themselves for fear of being confronted with the gaze of others", saddened Jean-Marie Meurant. He also recalled that very often, this disease, which does not yet know a treatment, does not come alone and is associated with other pathologies, often more serious, such as "diabetes, alopecia areata (hair loss ) ”, Or thyroid problems.

Source: leparis

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