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Women With Severe Skin Conditions Reveal Their Naked Faces in Emotional Video

Cheri Lindsay and Cassandra Bankson open up about how make-up helps them to overcome their fears in new ad for Dermablend Pro

It’s not often you see people taking OFF their make-up in make-up ads.

But that’s exactly what Cheri Lindsay and Cassandra Bankson did in an emotional video for Dermablend corrective make-up.

The pair appear in the Confessional Camo videos, removing their make-up to reveal severe skin conditions underneath.

Cassandra and Cheri both admit that make-up helps them overcome their fears – meaning they DON’T have to hide away because of their skin and they can actually live a normal life instead.

The video that has racked up the most views is that of Cheri Lindsay, a volleyball coach that suffers from vitiligo – a severe skin pigmentation condition.

We see her flawlessly made up at the start of the vid before she uses make-up wipes to remove the corrective make-up that is concealing her skin.

“It’s not that easy to deal with,” she explains. “I’d rather people ask questions rather than just make their own assumptions [about my condition].”

She says wearing make-up makes her more ‘approachable’ and allows people to see her for who she really is and not just for her condition.

“I made my video to speak out and tell my story,” she said about the vid that has racked up more than one million views on YouTube.

Model Cassandra also reveals how she uses corrective make-up to help her lead a normal life despite suffering from severe acne.

“School was really hard for me. I got acne in the third grade and it progressively got worse. I was called ‘freak of nature’, exorcist…” she explains.

Heartbreakingly, she reveals that someone said to her that it was a good thing her Grandad was dying as it meant he ‘didn’t have to see her face again.’ Just awful.

We think both of these women are brave and beautiful and if make-up helps them lead a normal life with confidence – we’re all for it.

What do you think?

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