the sims added vitiligo in a *free* update! 

Simsie single handedly opened my eyes to representation in media I consume. I remember vividly when she told chat off because her sim was overweight and said "I will not accept any form for judgement of my sim, they represent real people, and there are sitting people right now looking like this and I will not accept you being mean. Be mean to me, but not to others." EXSTREMELY Powerfull. I am very openminded and I just don't judge, but hearing this being said, made so much sense, to have it put into words, how I feel. Thank you Kayla for being such a good rolemodel and inspiration

People saying there’s mods for this already, yes there are but not everyone wants/can use mods for different reasons. This is representation for the people with vitiligo! I’m sure you’d feel differently if you were one of them❤️

I hate when people say "We already have this" or "I don't need this" just because you have it or don't want it doesn't mean it's not important. These sorts of details don't bother me but my daughter loves the fact theres hearing aids in the game as she makes her school friends in game to be her friends and she loves that they can wear hearing aids just like the do in real life. It matters.

I am literally so happy for console players for this! (context: console players can not download CC or mods and had to wait 10 years to be able to use this skin condition in their game)

its probably also important for everyone who doesnt have it. its not about "people who have skin condicions can just download the cc", its about showing people who dont have it that it exists. people are usually scared of things they dont know/have never seen before. and if this sims update can even just stop one child from seeing someone with vitiligo irl and going "eww" and instead to go "oh they looks like my sim" its amazing enough.

I wish they would add the vitiligo options to eyebrows and hair too!! And add heterochromia options for human sims (they did it for dogs and cats so why not humans??). It would make sims more unique but also more realistic.

This is great. Now we need an eye update for heterochromia.

I hope they think over prosthetics/similar medical wearables!! Vitiligo was one of my biggest wishes, only 2nd to prosthetics. Still very happy to see this though!!!!! I'm excited for them to expand inclusivity in CAS, I think they've been doing a good job so far!

I hope the sims continue to add things like this, and more than just skin details. I walk with a cane and would love to be able to add one in the game to my sim

I agree about the rep. I use a wheelchair and would love it if my sim self could as well. I understand that there's a lot of limits that a wheelchair would add to things and it would mean also making things like ramps and elevators. So, it's a huge undertaking. But it would be meaningful. So anytime they do anything to represent another community of people in any ways they can, I think it's exciting.

As someone who's both diabetic and has vitiligo since I was really little, I didn't know how much I needed things like this until I had it and cried! You never realise how important things like this are until they are things that affect you, and I'm so grateful for the Sims team for making these!

I love this! I’d like to see heterochromia and ‘cloudy’ eyes for those with vision loss in a new update. I know not everyone who’s blind has cloudy eyes, but I still think it could be a cool CAS feature

I wish they had a rosacea update, as someone who has very intense rosacea on my cheeks, i constantly look like "im blushing" according to other people, i've always been called tomato cheeks, blushing blonde, and other random nicknames. It would be cool to see that added!

As someone with vitiligo, it's always so nice seeing games adding it. I always love seeing people with vitiligo not being ashamed for having it. Growing up, I was taught that people would make fun of me and call me names. So I ended up ashamed for something I couldn't control - like many people, even for other reasons besides vitiligo. These may be small, but they mean so much.

I’m glad they addressed the vitiligo effecting hair! I have 2 friends that have vitiligo on their scalp so they have white streaks in their hair that they have been self conscious about

This is such a a cool thing! Now we just need to fix the hearing aid update to allow us to wear earrings with hearing aids. We can do so in real life. Or hearing aid charms

I’m so glad you brought up the CC topic. I don’t play with CC, and it’s really annoying when people say to just get CC or mods to improve the game. No, it should already be in the game and I’m impressed the sims team aren’t taking the lazy route anymore (at least with representation) and not just recommending something that not everyone has access to, it’s very refreshing and I’m happy to see it

IM SO HAPPY, I've had different colored patches like that all over my torso for my whole life (some are more noticeable than others and unsure if it's vitiligo but still), and I always felt a little weird having my sim-self be so.... smooth. I can finally add my favorite one on my lower back that I think looks really unique!

FINALLY I CAN MAKE ONE OF MY CHARACTERS LOOK ACCURATE [she has vitligo too, but im a console player and had to use the very few skin markings they have available in the past]

This update has so much more care put into it than I would've ever expected from a huge game like the sims, great to see. I do hope that soon they will be able to add in canes and wheelchairs, though I understand that that would take WAY more work as they'll have to make entirely new animations for both wheelchair using sims and ablebodied sims who will interact with the wheelchair users. The same for canes though there would be fewer animations to handle there. It's obviously a huge undertaking but I know it would mean so much for people to have that representation, especially as wheelchair and cane mods are hard to come by and usually aren't able to have as much detail in them as they would need (eg. ambulatory wheelchair users). I do hope it is something the sims team are looking into.

I have Vitiligo and actually cried when I saw this update. All I've ever wanted growing up was for my characters I made to look like me and now they finally can!! I've said it before and I'll say it again: representation matters! While it may seem dumb to people who don't have Vitiligo, or hearing aids, or glucose monitors, having these things in game when so many companies won't bother to add it because it "costs too much" to add is a HUGE DEAL!

Bro I’m so excited!! Now I don’t have to use cc vitiligo anymore, and the vitiligo looks really pretty

As a console player who cannot use cc or mods I have packs and that’s it. That’s all we get. So having things like hearing aids, scars, stretchmarks, and stuff like that helps us not only make ourselves but improves our game experience. One thing I think that is really lacking is eyelashes. I see all of these cc users using them while we have a rectangle I really think adding lashes to the base game would be such a great addition and they could work like glasses of makeup just be their own catagory yk. But things like this really adds to everyone’s game not just yours.

I'm absolutely thrilled for console players! They've been waiting a decade for this. It's about time they get to enjoy it too

This is actually a really cool update as someone who has vitiligo Ocs

this is great!!! now we just need a kit exclusively for **good** male hairs

I made a sim version of me that was who I felt I was. The binders and top surgery scars made me so happy, because I can make a sim that is actually like me.

I really wish that they would make binders a separate categories of T-shirts so that they went underneath someone’s clothes and actually change the shape of that Sim so for example if you had a scene with a feminine body type without a binder they would have a larger chest and if you choose to have a binder on underneath your clothes they would then have a flat adjust so that it carries on throughout all clothing rather than being its own Tshirt

I want an official disabled update with prosthetics limps, wheelchairs, crutches, blind sims with guide dogs, ramps, accessibility update. Maybe even a gameplay feature where you can break your arm and have to casts for broken arms and legs that sims can sign for even more chaotic gameplay. I could come in a pack thats based on a world like eco lifestyle but there trying to make a community more accessible for disabled sims. Maybe even mental “disabilities” category could be added into cas with like Adhd, dyslexia, autism, exc. and it makes it harder for sims to do certain skills and focusing. Also like other health issues, with turning like lactose intolerance into one, allergies, and others. Just one big health pack. O and therapy could be something to and a job your sim can have. And would definitely want it to be set in a old European countries like Norway or Denmark or for more variety in the sims worlds. I might end up making a concept art slide show for funsies if anyone has any cool ideas! I’ll come back to this and put a link to it if I ever do.

I love this! And what I'm BEGGING for skin detail wise is moles/beauty marks that can be dragged around, or at the minimum, just more standard placements. I have one on my face on the side of my chin by my lip, and I can never make a sim look like me since it's such a defining feature of who I am.

I'm so happy to see Vitiligo, I have so many Sims that I gave "vitiligo" and just used the birthmarks for, next thing I hope to see is wheelchairs

the sims community is definitely one of the most diverse ones out there and i'm glad to see the sims team acknowledging it and trying to represent it in game

I don't agree with the packs being as expensive as they are compared to the amount of content and previous sims games, but these free base game updates really make up for it.

now all i need is a height update so i can accurately represent being 4’10” ☠️ half jokes aside this update along with the recent ones have been amazing

I saw Winnie Harlow's house a few months ago in Architectural Digest and the build in the trailer is actually pretty accurate! That's awesome :D It's great that we have this option now officially

I can’t wait to see them expand more in this way. I’m hoping for wheelchairs and prosthetics at some point too!

so happy for this, my hippie artist sim hunnie was supposed to have vitiligo when i made her but im not good at modding any game let alone the sims so couldn't do it but now she can look how I intended her to look and she's gonna be so breathtaking omg im so excited

I wish they allowed us to pick the colors because I have hyperpigmentation and I could represent myself a bit better with this if I could change it from hypo to hyper (so dark skin colors). It’s been a huge insecurity of mine and I’ve been called the reverse Michael Jackson which sucks.

I don’t know why this made me cry. I have so many friends with vitiligo and I can’t believe how happy I am to be able to create them more faithfully. It feels like such a small thing but it is a step toward more inclusivity. Hope they keep it up.

This gives me more hope they they’ll add more eye customization as well eventually 😭 I have a lazy eye and I would absolutely adore seeing this in my game! My sim never looks like me and that’s why. This is wonderful news!! This is the content I love to see ❤️

simsie is so so right, it can be so important to so many people to be able to see themselves in the sims they play with and people shouldn't have to go download CC to do that!! similarly i hope they add some sort of mobility aids update eventually, it would take a lot of work to adapt some animations but as a disabled person it would make me really happy just to be able to play with sims who use canes, forearm crutches, etc like i do

I have a lot of friends that have vitiligo and it is so nice that I can fully create their characters and that looks fully like them but I wish the house was also in the pack

That's really really cool! (I hope there'll be a tool to make sims taller or smaller apart from different ages 👀)

I am in love with the vitiligo update!! I will say I had a weird glitch where when my child sim with vitiligo aged up her face marks disappeared, but the arms, legs, and torso skin details were still there

Been sitting here refreshing your channel to finally relax after not sleeping for two night's straight just before I head to bed ❤😂

This update is cool! I like it, but, as a wheelchair user, I would LOVEEE to have the option to make my simself just like I am, I know that probably won't happen, but I just wanted to say what I feel ❤

as someone with vitiligo, this update has really warmed my heart. while i was able to figure out what triggers my vitiligo (and have since avoided it, causing my skin patches to pretty much disappear), this condition will remain with me my entire life. if i had this update when i was 14/15, struggling with thoughts of "what if it returns" or "what if something changes and i can't stop it this time" would have been so much easier. i could look to my favorite game and see that this is something normal enough to be included in a life sim game. i am so, so glad that this representation exists.

Here's a quick story about representation in the sims. One of my friends has stretch marks due to health issues she had when she was very young and has always been embarrassed by it. When I showed her the sims stretch marks she felt so much more empowered and it went a long way into helping her feel more confident in her body because she was able to see how Lots of different people can have skin like hers. She was also beyond thrilled to have the disability representation that we have in the game. This is just one of many stories about how much this can mean to players. Some people may not care as much, but for the individuals who are now represented it means so much!

FINALLY YAY!!! I WAS SO HAPPY ABT THE HEARING AID UPDATE, SO IM SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS TOO!!! i used to use those mermaid scales and turning the opacity down, very silly but i think it was creative in a sense 😁😁

I think vitilgo is so beautiful. I feel like is we lived in a fantasy world, people with vitiligo would be these powerful magical creatures who ruled the world. I mean we all love patterns on animals, like tigers, cheetahs and beautiful butterflies. And people with vitiligo are like that with humans and I find is so cool! I am sure there are complications with it I don’t understand, but aesthetically I find it absolutely gorgeous!

As a mom to an autistic, type 1 diabetic son, representation is everything. They also have something that looks like an insulin pump as well. Shoot I cried when I saw it. Representation in the sims is everything

I’m so excited I’ve been using the body scars to do them but this is much better ❤❤❤❤❤

That's so cool! My friends has vitiligo and it's so cool that she (and of course everybody) gets represented that way ❤

this is done so welll i am pleasantly surprised also!!! i feel like prosthetics/orthotics could be coming!! my little occupational therapist heart would be so happy. i think it's so cute winnie harlow was apart of this too!!

14:45 in regards to this, I deffo agree! For one, I used to play the sims 3 on console and, being pretty young, I didn’t even know CC existed for the Sims 3. I’ve also had pretty bad internet for a long while now, and stuff as small as just downloading CC can take forever loll. People with things like vitiligo shouldn’t have to have good internet just to get representation in the games they play. This update is definitely super cool :)

After watching the video I jumped immediately to the sims, I can finally make my sim look like me!!! I know the bar is low with the sims 4, but I can't help but to be soooo happy TT

I love this! My granddaughter has vitiligo and seeing games embracing individuals and including and celebrating them as beautiful beings is amazing!

It's so awesome that this update came out! I have a birthmark and I was so excited when I saw that they had been added to the game when I started playing again so I'm glad more people can experience that excitement! And you're right that it doesn't matter if there's CC for it, it means so much more when it's actually a part of the game and not something you have to download. It shows a level of care towards all of the people playing the game by including those who don't get much representation in media.

I'm a console player and i love how i can now have something that used to be modded! Now i want Wonderful Whims, MCC Comand centre, Woohoo Welness, PRETEENS, slice of life and other big mods, The modders should be paid by EA for making these mods. And they should be added to the game. And as a glasses wearer I want goggles in the game so my glasses wearing sims can see by the pool and underneith the water. If i had to suffer with terrible glasses as a kid, so do my sims!Am I asking for too much? IDK. Just my Wants!

I'm really happy about this!(I don't ply the sims but I'm planning on getting it one day) it's amazing how far the game has come from what i hear and see. Another thing that would be really cool to see in the sims 4(correct me if any of this is already in the game) is prosthetic limbs and wheelchairs! I think it would super cool- stay safe out there people ✨

I created a sim as soon as i got the update! i love it so much and always thought that vitiligo was just so beautiful! be proud of who you are!

So cool!! I have vitiligo and summertime always makes it more visible to others bc my spots don’t tan. I call myself a Leopard 😅

As a person with vitiligo, even though I don't actively play the sims a lot at the moment, when I saw this video title I got so emotional!! This is so great, I'm so glad.

The updates I want to see is wheelchairs and prosthetics. The robo arm is the closest thing, it's quite annoying and I've not found many mods that add this stuff in. And spiral stair cases would have been nice with the castle pack.

What's awesome about this is someone took the time to make an FAQ for the blog post, and they're hoping to continue working on this feature to improve/build on it. So it sounds like at least one or more people involved in it are really excited about what they're working on

i love every detail theyve added. i add arm hair and leg hair to all sims. male, female, and everyone. and i always add stretch marks too. i feel so represented and included

I literally almost cried when I saw this because my grandma had vitiligo. I was younger when she died so I didn’t remember the name of the disease but I remember her showing me. My grandma had it very mildly but I’m so excited to make her in the game 😊

I love this update. I also saw all the negativity on Twitter about it already being CC, or it’s “too late” to add it, which is honestly just stupid. You couldn’t have shut those comments down in a better way. I have some scars that I know will never be in the game, and I’m fine with that, but I know if they were ever added I would probably get really emotional too. Seeing things like this in your favourite game really normalises it, and that makes you feel, well, normal! Thank you sims team for doing such a great job at this ❤

My biggest dream is the sh scars. I know they will never do that, but I would LOVE to see it. Also I think strabismus would be cool! (I had to use a translator for that word please let me know if it’s incorrect). Walking cane and prosthetics are just the whole next level… although we could have an eye patch to represent people with missing eye! I feel that would be easier to make. So so so many things they could add.

These kinds of updates make me really emotional! I’m so happy everyone gets to feel included slowly but surely

why did i get so emotional over this. its so important and i love that they are putting so much love and care into this

oh i’m so excited!!! i haven’t been able to find a good quality bit of vitiligo CC and this is awesome!

LOVE ALL THE REPRESENTATION IN THE SIMS OMGOMGOMG

Im loving all the updates and everything thats come out of the sims these last few packs. Speaking as a console player that LIKES playing on console, its really cool to see all the stuff they're adding to the game. It gives a lot of great representation and just adds more stuff for people to use without having to feel bad for not using mods or cc. This was a really cool update and i look forward to seeing more of what the sims put out towards the rest of the year

I love it you can really tell the sims team put in I mean alot effort in making this

I watch all these videos you make just to listen to your advocacy. I adore listening to you advocate for all this stuff. It makes me tearful every time.

literally just finished watching your other recent video and this dropped in time! also, get well soon dan!!

Ik so happy that they added vitiligo to the basegame, now I can finally make myself accurately

I'm so excited to play with this!! I was surprised to see some people not liking this :/

Since the vitiligo changes based on skin tone, can can use it on alien sims (like blue skinned people) and it’ll be lighter blue vitiligo

i've been playing sims for 20 years, i'm 28 now. there was only a very short period that i used cc. it's really hard to keep up with all the things i got breaking randomly or glitching my game so i turned it all off and never went back. also i just don't have the time or energy nowadays to lookup cc for hours and hours. on that note, i love the sims team continuing to grow the representation in the base game. IM SO EXCITED

it's such a cool addition to the game, i'm glad they're putting work into these details!!

These things do make me v hopeful seeing how much work the team is putting into improving even the base game bc it feels like they will keep revamping the things they fell short on. Theyre giving EVERYTHING the proper care it needs and that is super exciting for the future of sims 4

Kayla! Just to remind you since you reminded me of the hearing aids, your Legacy Sim Tinker had hearing aids as a child, and you forgot to give them the hearing aids when they aged up!

This may not be a feature that I use often but I am glad to have it and yes, it looks like the Sims team has done a really nice job with the look and variety. As a console player it's always a plus to get more options. Thanks Simsie...enjoyed watching👍

This is so awesome! I think some of the big things I'd still love to see is being able to change your sim's height. Also assistive devices like canes, walkers, and wheelchairs would be nice too. I know those would take a lot of work but I'd love to have them.

I saw it and FREAKED

the way i learned more in this 18 min video than in 2024 so far, i hope u know how much we appreciate u for these vids kayla

As soon as I saw this update, immediately I jumped to making like three different families😂 I’m obsessed!! Love different, unique looking sims in my game!

has someone who have vitiligo, im so glad they made did because ppl think they know about vitiligo but they actually dont so i appreciate

super random but your screens reflections on your eyes make the cutest little highlights that look like cartoon eyes and i enjoy it hehe

As someone who has vitiligo and a longtime sims player, I’m so happy to finally have vitiligo added to the game! I’m so happy to see more representation being added to the game!!!

I already felt so seen when they added the top surgery scars, but now vitiligo??? I can finally make my full simself and I feel so....seen 😭😭😭💞

As someone who grew up with vitiligo, I actually teared up a little at this video.

Wheelchairs, Canes (the kind for mobility and the kind for blind navigation) , maybe even dogs functioning as guide dogs? would all be so amazing to see them add now that they are really starting to expand this type of thing

i personally don't have vitiligo myself or need hearing aids or anything but I LOVE getting stuff like this in game because I like making realistic sims so its so cool that i get to add realistic stuff to my sims without having to download cc

as a winnie and sims fan, this collab is so amazing! i personally don’t have vitiligo but i find it so beautiful 🩷 so happy about this update

genuinely almost cried when we got medical wearables in game since we never get representation for cgms in the media :)) might seem small for many of you but it makes us feel seen and give us a sense of "fitting in" ty sims team!!

I'm glad for people with vitiligo that this is official now! I'm still hoping we will get mobility aids and height sliders so I can make myself accurately but I know that's waaaaaay more technically difficult than a skin detail

This update is so much more detailed than meets the eye. Very happy to see that. I know they can’t do them all, but as a person with psoriasis I hope they don’t stop with this skin condition. The house on the gallery appears to be unfurnished. It would be fun to see how you’d style it or try to replicate the video’s interiors.