A 30-year-old man, Elliott Benford chose love over everything as he went ahead to marry his 32-old lover, Kandice Benford despite the fact that she mysteriously developed vitiligo just some few months to their wedding.

Vitiligo is a strange condition described medical experts as an autoimmune disorder and the cause is not yet known.

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All along, when all the marriage preparations were underway, the couple were upbeat about the wedding ceremony. Then all of a sudden, from nowhere, vitiligo set in and Kandice’s skin began to lose its beauty.

She recounted that "I first noticed the white spots on my body when I was in college. I knew what it was because I had heard about vitiligo. But it never occurred to me that it could affect me this way, so I didn't even bother about it."

Trying to figure out what could have caused the condition, Kandice said "I believe stress triggered it. When I got stressed up I started seeing more prominent white spot on my nose. Then it started spreading all over."

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She added that "At first people's stares made me feel very uncomfortable but now I look at them and just wave."

Speaking on Tuko TV, Mr. Benford advised her fellow women who might find themselves in a similar situation to "Be patient with yourself. You are stronger than you think!"