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“I’m beautiful, I’m not here to please anyone.” Amélie is 17 years old and suffers from a pathology that loosens the skin on her face. On social networks, she tries to inform her subscribers about the disease.
Cutis Laxa is a disease from birth that causes the person to age the skin. Worldwide, nearly 400 families are affected by the disease.
On social networks, Amélie shares content to inform and educate her subscribers about her disease, Cutis Laxa.
“There were people who were really interested in my disease and who were really there for me. So, I continued. I wanted to continue in my momentum and to please people by making videos”says the young woman.
Regarding the development of the disease, some told her that she “was going to die at fourteen”. “But that’s wrong, I’m 17 and I’m still here, I’m going to age like a normal person, an old person.”
“I live this disease very well. It’s something that made my strength in everyday life. Because the reviews actually made me stronger. They made me the person I am now.”
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