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| May 10, 1996 | Anstett, Patricia | COPYRIGHT 1999 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

DETROIT _ It started as a spot on her right cheek when she was a little girl.

But in a few months, the tiny patch grew into white splotches on her dark face.

Aldena Lockhart, 11 at the time, was disturbed. But her parents were horrified, she recalls.

They sought medical advice from numerous doctors. She tried various cosmetics. Finally, when she was 14, one doctor told her parents that her condition, a pigmentation disorder called vitiligo, could not be cured and that they'd be better off not making too much of it. ``The best thing to do is to just let her grow up,'' she says.

Easier said than done.

``I was very shy,'' Lockhart says. ``I thought I had potential but I'd stay in the background.''

But Lockhart of Detroit found a way to come out of her shell.…

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