Danielle Lipple, 28, was born with a large Port Wine Stain birthmark (also known as a vascular malformation – an abnormal development of blood vessels) across her FACE becomes a viral star on TikTok by documenting her struggle to embrace her unique appearance – as she opens up about undergoing laser surgery to lighten the mark…
A woman with a large birthmark on her face has shared that, despite attracting stares in public, she has learnt to fully embrace her unique look.
While she often attracts stares in public and comments on TikTok after sharing her story with millions of people, the young woman has learnt to embrace her unique look.
“I think my birthmark is incredible,”
“When I was little, before the internet, most of the reactions I got to my birthmark from others were just stares.
“I never really felt angry about this because people are generally curious if they see something that they have never seen before.
“I think that I was really lucky that most of my social media comment sections were very tame for a very long time in regards to my birthmark.”
Danielle began posting videos on TikTok documenting her journey towards embracing the mark – as well as the laser and surgical procedures she has undergone in order to reduce it.
Her clips have garnered millions of views and Danielle – who now has 130,000 fans on the app – is passionate about educating people on her condition.
Danielle began posting videos on TikTok documenting her journey towards embracing the mark – as well as the laser and surgical procedures she has undergone in order to reduce it.
Her clips have garnered millions of views and Danielle – who now has 130,000 fans on the app – is passionate about educating people on her condition.
Danielle shared that thanks to her parents she learned what matters most: ‘I have always known who I am, what I want, and what my self-worth is regardless of my birthmark’
‘I would love to be able to just wake up and walk out the door and I know that I can but most days I fight with the voice in my head telling me that it’s easier for me to put on makeup than to deal with people looking at me or asking questions, or feeling not as confident as I would with makeup is one that often wins.’
Now, she proudly shows off her birthmark on TikTok , something she feels is important.
‘I have met so many people who I can relate to or they can relate to me that it truly blows my mind that more people don’t know about port wine stains.