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Skin: Living With A Visible Difference

1Xtra Talks with Richie Brave: Skin: Living With A Visible Difference

BBC Radio 1Xtra - 1Xtra Talks with Richie Brave, Skin: Living With A Visible Difference

We explore what it means to live with a skin condition as a young person.

How does having a visible difference impact your life, relationships and confidence?

Research by the British Skin Foundation has found that 60% of people currently suffer from or have suffered from a skin disease. 

The charity Changing Faces has found that 1 in 3 people feel depressed, sad or anxious as a result of having a visible difference. 

Reece Parkinson meets three young people who all have a skin condition or skin difference. 

Alec King is a model and has the autoimmune disorder Vitiligo. 

Cheryl Shaw was born with Congenital Malanocytic Naevus, a rare condition which causes large moles to grow all over the body. 

Raiche Mederick is a burns survivor.

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