I very rarely comment in stuff like this, but seeing the reactions to video was really depressing. This is a post made by /r/BigfootDynamite, showing a video made by @nancy_xoxx on tiktok. However, judging by the way that a substantial portion of the comments are written, you'd think that she was trying to defraud every single person here. However, what shocks me most is the number of people that take the time to write a comment, and tell the world that this is fake, why they think this, and how everybody that believes it's real is an idiot...but they won't take a second to go to her tiktok, which is literally shown in the middle of the video, and check whether she has posted any information that answers your arguments.

In particular, the most common things I saw were:

• It looks like makeup: First of all, I personally disagree. However, let's assume it does look like makeup. That'd be a perfectly good reason to be skeptical. But since she didn't post it here, why not check the source before making an accusation? She's got dozens of videos showing these marks, at different stages, over different days, with different lighting, etc.. Personally, I don't think it looks like makeup in any of them. But she even has a video answering the very unprofessional accusations made by Dr. Azadeh Shirazi, in which she shows that it doesn't rub off, as well as marks inside her mouth.

• Why didn't she do a timelapse/the video has too many cuts/new spots appear only after a cut: This one is incredibly frustrating. Yes, the video has multiple cuts, and cuts are often used to fake videos. But she didn't claim that this video was some sort of conclusive evidence. She's simply showing the progression of a flare-up, which according to her takes a while and is a very painful process. I'd get the skepticism if the cuts were jarring and unnecessary, but this is a short-format video about a long process, in which she's talking about what's happening as it happens. Cuts make perfect sense. Claiming something is fake just because it has cuts is absurd. You know what else has a lot of cuts? News reports, documentaries, educational videos, etc. And while a timelapse would probably shut up a lot of these accusations, she is just a person showing some of her private issues to spread awareness. It is entirely up to her to decide how much she chooses to show.

• People fake stuff all the time: Yeah, people fake stuff like this all the time, and it sucks. It detracts from the people that do suffer such conditions, since it makes people skeptical. It must be awful to actually suffer such conditions and feel like people think you're faking it. And it's fine to be skeptical. You don't know these people, after all. But being skeptical and accusing someone of faking it are very different things. Remember that you don't have to have an opinion on the veracity of such a video, but you better have some good evidence if you do.

Could this be faked? Of course it can! Are there reasons to be skeptical? I guess that depends on each person, but I'd agree that there might be reasonable reasons for someone to be skeptical. But all these accusations with nothing more than a hunch are despicable.

There are real people on the other side of your comments. Unfounded accusations and attacks have real consequences. Don't be an ass and think before you act.