Comment on Is it okay to fake Vitiligo makeup for a cosplay??

EleventhHour@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Cock_Inspecting_Asexual@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Burn scars on black skin make white patches tho… Especially when healed

  That’s why I asked <:p

  Tbh the more I research about burns on dark skin, the more I realize doing Vitiligo makeup is unavoidable, as burns can very much trigger vitiligo anyways.

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  • lath@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Depends. Which do you prefer, explaining the incorrect scars or the the correct vitiligo if needed?

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    • Cock_Inspecting_Asexual@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Tbh ima have to practice some scar makeup first. And true Vitiligo is just an autoimmune disease and not caused by external factors as far as I know. But burns can trigger it or something similar to it. To me, Vitiligo is just the death of pigmentation in the skin

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      • lath@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah, might be overthinking it. Possible there’s no need to worry about it being an issue.

        Enjoy the party.

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      • EleventhHour@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Here’s the thing: vitiligo simply Depp eaters melatonin from the skin. The skin is otherwise the same in texture, and just looks like light spots.

        A scar, however, is damaged skin, regrown. It has a very different texture than normal skin, and will also look different— and, even if it has triggered vitiligo in the affected areas will still be (mostly) the texture of scar tissue.

        This effect can be achieved by using skin glues or latex paint on the skin. I’m sure you could find even better methods for re-creating scar tissue on the skin on YouTube.

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  • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The spoiler tag hasn’t worked and that looks extremely painful.

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    • Cock_Inspecting_Asexual@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      WAIT REALLY?! Oh im sorry!!

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  • rowrowrowyourboat@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is incorrect. This is not a healed scar at all. That’s a very fresh burnt wound exposing the flesh underneath without the melanin layer.

    You can literally see the wound is fresh and is peeling off. Not a healed scar.

    Go look up healed burn scars on black skin. The images can be pretty gruesome, but the melanin mostly returns.

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    • Cock_Inspecting_Asexual@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I legit already did that and it’s both. it can get lighter or darker.

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      All of it depends on the type of burn, severity, and the person’s skin. Jeff the killer became lighter after the burn, so to me it would make sense that, if my skin was burned, Id have both dark spots and white blotches leftover on my skin.

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    • Cock_Inspecting_Asexual@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I did do that, I cant link the other images I found tho, but sometimes It doesn’t come back. It depends on the severity of the burn

      And in the context of JEFF THE KILLER, his melanin doesn’t come back either. After the burn, his hair turns black and his skin turns white. That’s how he’s always looked. So the skin being turned white regardless is true to the character. Hence why I want to have white splotches in the makeup.

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