Welcome to Changing Faces UK community at HealthUnlocked. This board is here to provide a safe, supportive, informative and friendly community for people aged over 18 affected by visible difference (from a mark, scar or condition) and their friends and families. We encourage you to post about your own experiences and communicate, connect, support and share with others in similar situations.
By using the community, you agree to the following guidelines:
•To post information that is primarily drawn from your personal experience.
•A new post should be started to discuss a new issue or question. We encourage that all posts are kept under a topic
•Your participation in the community should be with respect, honesty and in the spirit of supporting and learning from other users. Content should never be abusive, derogatory, sexually explicit or suggestive, malicious or deliberately misleading. Users should report, rather than engage with, any abusive or inappropriate posts
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•Members posing and/or answering questions on the site should not be assumed to be health professionals nor to be presenting the opinion of Changing Faces UK. Any treatment or medical information, services or products mentioned are the opinion of the person posting and all users should check with their doctor before changing or trying approaches regarding their health.
•Posts that may contain sensitive information which could be triggering to others should be labelled with a ‘Trigger Warning.’ In order to protect vulnerable people, Changing Faces may edit or remove posts, for example, those containing active suicidal or self-harm content, or obvious signs of a mental health breakdown to keep people safe. It is helpful if you could report these if you see them.
•Changing Faces UK is not a crisis service. If you need urgent help or are in crisis, please find help in the UK here: changingfaces.org.uk/advice...
Or here for other countries: support.healthunlocked.com/...
•This board is moderated by Changing Faces UK and HealthUnlocked. It is checked a minimum of once each working day. The board is not moderated by Changing Faces UK outside of 10am – 4pm (BST) Monday to Friday.
•To keep the community as safe as possible, we will remove or edit any posts that do not follow the guidelines.
•Changing Faces is a charity offering support and information in the UK. Whilst members from other countries are very welcome to contribute, we are not able to offer any services outside of the UK.
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Lip vitiligo, anxiety/depression/suicial thoughts from the many stares I get, people who look away from my face & bite theirs in concern
To tell or not tell
Are visible differences a disability?
Unbelievable update!
