Stared at and laughed at by port wine stain, Matthias (22) now makes make-up: “For everyone who feels left out”

He was stared at and verbally abused for years. That he was ‘ugly’. Or they called him ‘smudge’ and later ‘make-up box’. As a child, Matthias De Potter (22) underwent fifteen laser treatments for the port-wine stain on his face, but they were painful and had little effect. He started doing make-up at the age of thirteen. “But a boy who puts on makeup? That was weird.” Now he develops his own cosmetics.

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