'I was いじめ（る）d by the other kids...and adults': Toronto woman with rare 条件 that leaves her 直面する indented uses Instagram to show beauty is more than 肌 深い

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A Toronto woman who spent most of her childhood and teenage years hiding her 直面する because of a 率 肌 条件 now puts her unique features on 十分な 陳列する，発揮する in beautiful Instagram photos.?

Michelle Gerovac, a lifestyle photographer from Canada, 設立する out when she was five years old that she had Morphea, an 自動車-免疫の 病気 that 原因（となる）s discolored patches on a person's 肌. In some 事例／患者s, like?Gerovac's, the 病気 can 原因（となる） indentations in the 肌.?

Gerovac said Morphea began for her as a red patch on her chin that darkened in color and 結局 left one 味方する of her 直面する, from her neck to her scalp, indented.?

Michelle Gerovac, 24, was 診断するd as a child with Morphea, a rare 肌 条件 that left one 味方する of her 直面する indented?

Gerovac said other children, even adults, would make fun of her when she was in school because of how she looked?

She said people would tell her that her 直面する looked dirt y and would call her 指名するs??

Her 条件 didn't bother her until she started going to school and would get 選ぶd on by the other children.?Gerovac said some adults would even make mean comments, telling her that her 直面する looked dirty.??

'At school I was いじめ（る）d by the other kids who made up mean 愛称s about me because of how my 直面する looked,' she said. 'I would also be told by adults at school to "wash my 直面する" or that I had a dirty 直面する, etc. This made it hard for me to make friends and I spent most of my time alone.?'?

The 24-year-old said she started to 受託する her 条件 when she got to college and had to do a 論題／論文 事業／計画（する） for class.?Gerovac said she decided to do the 事業／計画（する） on Morphea, but was startled when she looked up images of the 条件 online.?

She said the 医療の pictures she 設立する were 'scary' and '厳しく lit, with barely anyone's 直面するs in them'.????

'So, I started taking self-portraits for my 事業／計画（する） to create images that showed the beauty of the person who may have the 病気,' she explained.?

Gerovac, pictured as a child, said she was 診断するd with the 条件 when she was five years old

Gerovac is pictured 権利 as a child with her family. She said the 条件 started as a red patch on her 肌 that darkened in color over time

Gerovac uses her Instagram to help raise 認識／意識性 for Morphea, an 自動車-免疫の 病気?

The lifestyle photographer said she wants people to know that they are 'truly unique and beautiful in their own way'

'When I started 株ing my self-portraits online and on my blog, I started getting messages and emails from other people in the world who have Morphea. They were telling me about their story, and it broke my heart to hear how some of them felt about themselves and their beauty.??

'So now, I 株 pictures of myself with my Morphea showing, because I want the young people who have 株d their stories with me to see more of a variety when it comes to the people they see online. Today's society is so 十分な of the "perfect" photoshopped 団体／死体s and models, that we forget what someone who is real or different 現実に looks like.'?

Gerovac said she's a lot more 確信して now than when she was younger, and has 設立する a support syst em in her 核心 group of friends and family.???

'I am better at explaining what the 病気 is and am 現実に trying very hard to raise 認識／意識性 for this rare 病気,' she said.??

Gerovac said she started to 受託する her 条件 when she got to college and decided to do a 論題／論文 事業／計画（する） on Morphea?

She started taking her own photos because she thought the 医療の pictures online looked 'scary'?

Gerovac, pictured with her boyfriend, said her friends and family have been a 広大な／多数の／重要な support system?

The 24-year-old hopes others will be 奮起させるd by her 存在 so open about her 条件?

Gerovac said many people with Morphea have reached out to her after she started 株ing her photos online?

Morphea 落ちるs under the 条件 Scleroderma. The 病気 only 影響する／感情s the 肌 but can spread to the tissues underneath and 原因（となる） 損失 to the bone and muscle.?Gerovac said her 明確な／細部 type is called frontal linear Morphea.?

There is no cure for the 病気, but 治療 選択s are 利用できる such as creams that can be 適用するd to the 影響する／感情d area. For?Gerovac, the road to 受託するing her 直面する has been long but rewarding.???

'(My family and friends) are happy to see that I am no longer covering my 直面する with my hair, or coming to them with stories about how someone said something ignorant to me,' she said.???

'My message to some who may be feeling upset or self-conscious about their Morphea, or any facial or 団体／死体 difference, is to remember that they are truly unique and beautiful in their own way, and that they are not defined by their illness or how they may look.'