The Pressure of Toxic Beauty Standards | Chicago Med | MD TV

When a young patient diagnoses herself with vitiligo she is overcome with fear of what her peers will think.

From Chicago Med Season 2 Episode 1 'Soul Care' - Dr. Rhodes begins his cardiothoracic surgery fellowship but gets off on the wrong foot with his new boss; Dr. Choi begins his life as chief resident; Sarah is caught off-guard by Dr. Charles; April tries to deal with her recently discovered illness.

Chicago Med (2015) The doctors and nurses who work at the emergency ward of the Gaffney Chicago Medical Center strive to save the lives of their patients while dealing with personal and interpersonal issues.

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[karanhdream]

A professional dancer from my country once said "Being unique is more memorable than being perfect".
Some of the wisest words I ever heard.

[choryllis]

I'm saddened by the fact that vitiligo is seen as ugly.

To anyone who has vitiligo, you're absolutely stunning. Nothing short of grand artwork. Your skin is a heavenly mix of gorgeous shades and hues, and I hope you will one day grow to see your skin as beautiful as the fates intended it.

[LavigneJulie]

I’ve had vitiligo since I was 3. It’s now spread to about 95% of my body which I’ve been told is very rare. Growing up was hard. People can be very cruel.

[BAChambers-]

Honestly, my favorite part of this is the Mom being so accepting of the psychiatrist’s help.

[foodlife]

This honestly breaks my heart since I currently have vitiligo and am very proud of my spots. The beauty standards truly are toxic. I wish every girl could feel like she could be herself.

[TheCoolProfessor]

The lessons to be learned are:
Never self diagnose.
Never care what people on Instagram say about you.

[KILLzone_]

When I was growing up, I always saw people with Vitiligo and thought that they were so cool. The spots can look incredible and make up some neat patterns. Turns out Vitiligo runs on my dads side, and I started to get spots a few years ago. I was worried people would look at me different and judge, but most are very supportive. I just embrace it now.

[chilbongers]

“you know who the unhappiest people in the world are? 15-year-old girls.” as a 15-yr-old girl myself i highly agree with dr charles. people, and even myself included, tell me “don’t listen to those toxic beauty standards!! you’re beautiful your own way!” but it’s really hard not to constantly compare yourself to other girls out there, who look so much better than me. if i could i’d desperately wish to be pretty and have a skinny curvy body. i relate to this girl so much. i take like 100 diff photos, delete the photos i don’t like, and sometimes, that either leaves me with 1 photo or none — cuz i hate the way i look in pictures — meanwhile my friends take beautiful photos and post them. i just don’t feel beautiful.

[rw]

Dr. Charles is my favorite character on the show, he's the reason I continued watching :)

[addicteditall]

Winnie Harlow has made a career as a model with vitiligo, I don't think anyone should see it as a bad thing. Having something like that, anything at all makes you unique and unique is art.

[Firestorm]

I seen all the advisements. From hair, makeup, even body weight. I never cared to have social media platform or to look like a celebrity, I don't even try. Perfection is something no one can get. Everyone has flaws.

[TheHeliosProject]

Why is everyone so afraid of vitiligo? I haven't met a single person that thinks it isn't beautiful.

[garden_goth]

i think vitiligo is fucking gorgeous. i don’t know what it is but it’s just so beautiful and unique

[hisuru]

bro I'd give anything for someone like Dr. Charles to be my mentor I just love him

[rachelbrinkley]

My grandmother had vitiligo. She was the most wonderful woman. It's because of her that I first started to think vitiligo is very beautiful.

[voiceacticon]

There’s no such thing as perfect. You can’t be what doesn’t exist.

[bumblebeerror]

I can’t imagine taking 100 pictures just to find one to post. That sounds like so much time to spend on just that. I don’t take many pictures of myself, but I have never spent more than one or two quick snaps on capturing my face.

[afreerobin]

A few years ago I noticed these dark patches on my arms. They were symmetrical on both sides, and got darker as Summer came. It looked like splotches of dirt, but no matter how much I'd scrub at my arms with soap, and literally every sponge out there, they wouldn't come off.

Eventually I went to a dermatologist who originally diagnosed me with ezema. That didn't seem right to me from what I knew about ezema, but I didn't question it. But when the treatment didn't work, and the spots didn't go away, we went back.

Finally the dermatologist told me about Terra firma-forme dermatosis. She hadn't even know about it during my first visit, but she had been researching and eventually found it. I was given treatment, and it worked! My arms don't have black spots anymore, and my skin doesn't feel rough to the touch.

I won't go into detail about how I was treated in school when this was going in. But I can tell you it wasn't pleasant.

[dedekent]

I’m raising two beautiful girls and I make sure that they understand everyone is beautiful in their own way and you’re never to tell another lady she’s ugly cause that hurts. My kids go around telling every women they see that she’s beautiful or gives them a compliment. It starts young to pass on the kindness and uplifting to each other 😊

[HaloHighlightz]

I love Dr Charles, he’s so down to earth