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Changing Faces

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All posts for January 2020

New live chat support - have your say!

In response to feedback we have received about how important peer support is for people with a visible difference, we are hoping to pilot and launch a new...

In response to feedback we have received about how important peer support is for...

•5 years ago

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Advice Welcome ....

Hi, I've just joined the group for some support / advice. I had a brain tumour as a little girl when they removed half of this I was left with a facial...

Hi, I've just joined the group for some support / advice. I had a brain tumour a...

•5 years ago

Introducing FaceIT@home - online support tool for adults with a visible difference

Would you like personal support from the comfort of your own home? Changing Faces has recently taken over administrative rights for FaceIT@home, an online tool...

Would you like personal support from the comfort of your own home? Changing Face...

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Coping with Trauma

Hello, I've joined this group in the hope that I may get some support from others that are living with disfigurement. In November I was attacked by my best...

Hello, I've joined this group in the hope that I may get some support from other...

•5 years ago

Changing Faces tells the world to Stop #VisibleHate

Today we launch our #VisibleHate campaign to raise awareness of appearance-related hate crime and increase awareness of the impact it can have. We identify...

Today we launch our #VisibleHate campaign to raise awareness of appearance-relat...

•5 years ago

Granuloma Annulare - feeling like an outcast

I was 14 when it first appeared, it was on my left hip and knee. My mam was baffled, she initially thought it was ring worm, it kinda looked like ring worm...

I was 14 when it first appeared, it was on my left hip and knee. My mam was baff...

•5 years ago

Generate our own source of incomes, as a disfigured person

Who is interested by the idea of creating revenues by yourself, while being disfigured? For many of us, we feel like we don't fit in this society, and want to...

Who is interested by the idea of creating revenues by yourself, while being disf...

•5 years ago

My nose job ruined my life

I had a nose job couple of years ago, my nose was good and symmetric but I wanted it to be slimmer in between my eyes and the doctor ruined my nose for ever....

I had a nose job couple of years ago, my nose was good and symmetric but I wante...

•5 years ago

Camo make-up

Had an accident before New Year and have ended up with facial scarring on the right side of my face from cuts due to falling through a glass table. I have had...

Had an accident before New Year and have ended up with facial scarring on the ri...

•5 years ago

I'm new here, not sure how to start but here goes....

I got treated for oil burns to my face a few months ago, I am still going through therapy at present. it's a life changing moment for me. I'm still feeling...

I got treated for oil burns to my face a few months ago, I am still going throug...

•5 years ago

8-year-old Charlie raises £1000s for other people with a visible difference

When Charlie was 8 years old he was in a car crash which resulted in serious facial scarring. Since then, he's raised thousands of pounds for other people with...

When Charlie was 8 years old he was in a car crash which resulted in serious fac...

•5 years ago

Keeping each other safe on HealthUnlocked

HealthUnlocked puts people at the centre of health care, and your safety at the heart of everything we do. We are a social network for health where people can...

HealthUnlocked puts people at the centre of health care, and your safety at the...

HealthUnlocked•5 years ago

Alopecia sucks :D

Hi all, I'm new here and I don't really know how to start but... I'll give it a go. I'm a young woman experiencing alopecia, in my case it was diffuse thinning...

Hi all, I'm new here and I don't really know how to start but... I'll give it a ...

•5 years ago

Dont know what to do

I feel so suicidal 😢

I feel so suicidal 😢

•5 years ago

Happy New Year Everyone

Happy New Year to all the members of our visible difference community. If you're struggling with a mark, scar or condition our Wellbeing, Skin Camouflage and...

Happy New Year to all the members of our visible difference community. If you're...

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Children’s books for siblings of a disfigured person?

My friend has two normal little girls and now a third who was born with albinism. I am hoping to find a child’s picture book that their parents could read to...

My friend has two normal little girls and now a third who was born with albinism...

•5 years ago

Reporting breach of guidelines

Dear Changing Faces community members I understand that some of you were contacted by private messaging from someone conducting research into facial...

Dear Changing Faces community members I understand that some of you were contact...

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Are visible differences a disability?

Because often our visible differences affect our worklife, our personal lives, and well pretty much every aspect of how we exist in the world... do you...

Because often our visible differences affect our worklife, our personal lives, a...

•5 years ago